Irwin, Samuel Johnson Ure: Service no. 745094

Digitized Service Record

Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.

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Family Search: When Samuel John Ure Irwin was born on 10 November 1886, in Meadowvale, Peel, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Ure Irwin, was 27 and his mother, Jane Ritchey, was 25. He married Myrtle Eileen Hill on 16 February 1927, in Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1927, at the age of 41, his occupation is listed as barber in Meadowvale, Peel, Ontario, Canada.

Note the he used Ure S.J. Irwin on attestation papers but there is a note to use Samuel Johnson as he correct name.

19772-27 Samuel John Ure IRWIN, 40, barber, Meadowvale, Toronto, s/o Robert Ure IRWIN (b. Ontario) & Jane RITCHIE, married Myrtle Eileen HILL, 25, Glen Williams, Toronto, d/o William HILL (b. Ontario) & Mary Elizabeth BRADFORD, witn: Howard HUMPHREY of 11 Pape Ave Toronto & Mabel HILL of 51 Sanford St [Barrie], 23 Mar 1927 at Barrie

Reg number	745094
Name	Irwin, Ure Samuel John
Rank	Private
Year of Birth	2/28/1905
Date of Death
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	Canada
Home Country	Canada
City born	Meadowvale, ON
Address	Port Perry, Ont
Enlistment Date	11/15/1915
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Port Perry
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit
Final Bn	18th
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France
Date w 116	11/15/1915
Left 116th	10/5/1916
Married	no
Occupation	machinist
Wounded date
Wound type/Death particuolars	laryngynis, inflamation of knee
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded
Sick	yes
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th
Other details	A Coy
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description