Source: August 1918 casualty.
Family Search: When Private Robert Mawhinney was born on 11 November 1889, in Bruce Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Mawhinney, was 50 and his mother, Mary Ewald, was 36. He lived in Bruce, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as farmer in Paisley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. He died on 27 August 1918, in Vis-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 28, and was buried in Vis-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Private Robert “Bert” Mawhinney/Mewhinney, reg. no. 651823
Note that this soldier is referred to with the spelling of his last name as “Mewhinney” consistently in the news clippings of the time.
This man enlisted with the 160th Overseas Battalion at Paisley, Ontario on 25 February 1915. He was a farmer practicing the Methodist faith and had no prior military experience.
He was noted as being Absent Without Leave from 7 to 9 October 1916 while in Canada.
The 160th sailed on 17 October 1916, leaving from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and arriving at Liverpool, England on 28 October 1916. On 1 February 191,8 he was sent to No. 12 Canadian General Hospital for Inflammation of the Connective Tissue, being released from hospital on 20 February 1918, after recuperating at a convalescent facility at Woodcote Park. The last condition was a carbuncle on his back,k requiring treatment from 21 March 1918, requiring treatment and convalescing at facilities at Epsom and Woodcote Park.
He served in England with the 160th until transferred to the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion at Bramshott Camp on 24 February 1918.
During this time he had several medical issues. A Pyrexia of Unknown Origin from 2 September 1917 to 12 September 1917.
His next duty assignment was with the 18th Battalion, and he was transferred to that battalion on 2 June 1918, and headed overseas that same day to No. 1 Canadian Infantry Base Depot at Harve, France. From there, he was sent to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp on 17 June 1918, and he served there until joining the 18th Battalion on 13 August 1918.
He was “Killed in Action” near Vis-en-Artois, France on 27 August 1918.
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