Thornton, Joseph Roy: Service no. 746120

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

Family Search: When Joseph Roy Thornton was born on 8 November 1889, in Durham, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Albert Thornton, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Ellen Martin, was 27. He married Vilda Mary Elizabeth Ogden on 27 December 1919, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 27, his occupation is listed as moulder in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 May 1936, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 46, and was buried in Zion United Church Cemetery, Hampton, Darlington, Durham, Ontario, Canada.

Reg number	746120
Name	Thornton, Joseph Roy
Rank	Private
Year of Birth	3/3/1905
Date of Death
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	Canada
Home Country	Canada
City born	Clark Tsp, Durham ON
Address	Albert St, Oshawa ON
Enlistment Date	1/14/1916
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Oshawa
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit
Final Bn	Cdn Survey Section
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France
Date w 116	1/14/1916
Left 116th	10/6/1916
Married	no
Occupation	moulder
Wounded date	7/23/1917
Wound type/Death particuolars	GSW neck, VD
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded	yes
Sick	yes
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid	yes
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th to Cnd Survey Section
Other details	D Coy, promoted Corporal (Jan 1919)
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description