Wartime Heritage Association 2012-2015
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Date of Birth: June 3, 1890
Place of Birth: Salem, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
Place of Enlistment: Medicine Hat, Alberta
Date of Enlistment: March 6, 1916
Age at enlistment:26
Height:5 Feet 6 Inches
Chest:35 Inches
Religion: Baptist
Address at Enlistment: 731 Seventh Street, Medicine Hat Alberta
Trade: Merchant
Marital Status: Single
Regiment: Canadian Engineers
Battalion: 4th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops
Company Coy D
Regimental Number: 696478
Died: December 12, 1917(reported missing November 30, 1917; admitted to hospital December 2, 1917"died of wounds" (Gun shot wounds in chest and left arm) at No.55 Casualty Clearing Station.
Age at Death: 27
Cemetery: Tincourt New British Cemetery, France
Grave Reference:IV. B. 31.
Commemorated on Page 254 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Canadian Great War Project
Private Rodney Phillips Hemeon
Regimental Number: 734264
Force: Army
Regiment: Canadian Infantry
Battalion: 112th Battalion
Enlisted or Conscripted: Enlisted
Prior Military Experience: Yes
Enlistment Date: March 15, 1916
Age at Enlistment: 22
Enlisted at: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Address at Enlistment: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Civilian Occupation: Accountant
Saw Service in: Europe
Date of Birth: April 18, 1893
Next of Kin: Wentworth Hemeon (Father), Salem, Yarmouth Nova Scotia
Place of Birth: Salem, Yarmouth Nova Scotia
Country of Birth: Canada
Married: Single
Religion: Baptist
Height: 5 Feet 8 Inches
Chest: 36 Inches
Expansion: 4 Inches