H.+G.+STROYAN

Stroyan, Hugh Goodwin, Private, 28891, 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Born Derby Killed in action 23rd April 1915 aged 18 Son of Ernest Joseph and Jessie Stroyan, of 4312, Dundas St., Vancouver, British Columbia. Buried in Seaforth Cemetery, Cheddar Villa, Ypres, A, 21

Canadian Army Service records information: Hugh was born in Derbyshire, on the 19th December, 1895 (according to his attestation papers). He enlisted at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, 23rd September 1914, stating his occupation as a carpenter, and his next of kin as Ernest Stroyan, of City Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia. He was five feet nine inches in height, had a fair complexion, blue eyes and blonde hair, and belonged to the Church of England. He had three vaccination scars on his left arm, numerous warts on his right hand and a mole on the inside of his right leg near the knee.


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