Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 419141
Age: 23
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 42nd Battalion
Honours/Citations: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
A tailor by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 7 July 1915 at the Niagara Camp, Ontario, Canada. He attested that his next-of-kin was his friend, tailor Arthur John BLACKBURN of Georgetown, Ontario.
He embarked for England by ship, arriving on 26 Aug 1915. While serving in France he sustained a gunshot wound to his face; he was first treated at a Canadian field hospital and then was invalided back to England for further medical care. Following discharge from the West Cliff Canadian Eye and Ear Hospital in Folkestone, he was now 'fit for duty', so returned to the 'Field' in France, where he was killed on active service on 9 April 1917.
Private Sam Stawigky is commemorated on Page 331 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 419141
Age: 23
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 42nd Battalion
Honours/Citations: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
A tailor by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 7 July 1915 at the Niagara Camp, Ontario, Canada. He attested that his next-of-kin was his friend, tailor Arthur John BLACKBURN of Georgetown, Ontario.
He embarked for England by ship, arriving on 26 Aug 1915. While serving in France he sustained a gunshot wound to his face; he was first treated at a Canadian field hospital and then was invalided back to England for further medical care. Following discharge from the West Cliff Canadian Eye and Ear Hospital in Folkestone, he was now 'fit for duty', so returned to the 'Field' in France, where he was killed on active service on 9 April 1917.
Private Sam Stawigky is commemorated on Page 331 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 419141
Age: 23
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 42nd Battalion
Honours/Citations: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
A tailor by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 7 July 1915 at the Niagara Camp, Ontario, Canada. He attested that his next-of-kin was his friend, tailor Arthur John BLACKBURN of Georgetown, Ontario.
He embarked for England by ship, arriving on 26 Aug 1915. While serving in France he sustained a gunshot wound to his face; he was first treated at a Canadian field hospital and then was invalided back to England for further medical care. Following discharge from the West Cliff Canadian Eye and Ear Hospital in Folkestone, he was now 'fit for duty', so returned to the 'Field' in France, where he was killed on active service on 9 April 1917.
Private Sam Stawigky is commemorated on Page 331 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 419141
Age: 23
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 42nd Battalion
Honours/Citations: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
A tailor by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 7 July 1915 at the Niagara Camp, Ontario, Canada. He attested that his next-of-kin was his friend, tailor Arthur John BLACKBURN of Georgetown, Ontario.
He embarked for England by ship, arriving on 26 Aug 1915. While serving in France he sustained a gunshot wound to his face; he was first treated at a Canadian field hospital and then was invalided back to England for further medical care. Following discharge from the West Cliff Canadian Eye and Ear Hospital in Folkestone, he was now 'fit for duty', so returned to the 'Field' in France, where he was killed on active service on 9 April 1917.
Private Sam Stawigky is commemorated on Page 331 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
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