No soldier photo found.
Rank Cpl.
Service # 880796
Unit # 186th, 1st
24th Reg. Yes
Resident Wallaceburg
Books Of Rememberance Page Available

Previous military experience: trained with the Home Guards at Wallaceburg about six months.

Corporal Budzin went overseas with the 186th battalion Mar. 26, 1917 and after training at Bramshott Camp proceeded to France Sept. 3 transferring to the 1st Canadian Battalion.

After the engagement at Passchendaele, Nov. 1 1917, he was reported Missing. Official notice of his death being received May 24, 1918.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Cenotaph Chatham and Kent County Cenotaph - Chatham
Sources Chatham Daily Planet (27-11-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (28-05-1918), Chatham Daily Planet (27-09-1919), Trinity Methodist Church - Roll of Honour - Wallaceburg, No Return Ticket - Wallaceburg War Casualties - Alan Mann 2002
Supplemental Information Mother: Mrs. Amelia Budzin, Wallaceburg
Height 5'11"
Eye Colour brown
Age 26
Complexion dark
Hair brown
Race white
Birthplace Wallaceburg, Ontario
Religion Methodist
Last Place of Employment Dominion Sugar Company, Wallaceburg
Average Earnings 3/day
Marital Status single
When Enlisted May 1916
Where Enlisted Wallaceburg

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