Captain Albert Livingstone Shanks
Survivor of WW1
Date of Death:
General Information
Conflict:
WW1
Regimental No.:
NA
Cause of Death (in war):
Survived
Branch:
Army
Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Battalion:
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Huntingdon, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
46 years
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
47 years 8 months
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
60 years 7 months
Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Doctor
Next of Kin:
Harriet Luella Shanks, Wife, 720 Lanside St., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Address at Enlistment:
720 Lanside St., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Religion:
Church of England
Place of Enlistment:
Camp Hughes, Manitoba
Was a Prisoner of War:
No
Height:
5 ft 10.0 in / 178 cm
Weight:
196 lbs / 89 kg
Chest:
42.0 in / 107 cm
Expansion:
3.0 in / 8 cm
Marital Status:
Married
Prior Military Experience:
No
Saw Service in:
Great Britain
Place of Discharge:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Discharge Type:
Medically Unfit
Discharge Notes:
Battle Died/Wounded:
Length of Service:
604 days in service
Buried at:
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Albert Livingstone Shanks
Ranks
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Company |
Date From |
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| WW1 |
Captain |
Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Army |
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Available Transcriptions
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News from the Front/Impressions of England |
Notes
Physician.
Born at Huntingdon, Quebec on 12 June 1865, son of Daniel Shanks and Henrietta Bradford, he was educated at Huntingdon Academy and McGill University, graduating MD from the latter institution in 1889. He practiced in Montreal for three years, lectured in Bishop’s College for two years, then was attending physician to the Hervey Institute and House of Refuge at Long Point. He moved to Manitoba in December 1892, taking up the practice of Dr. McConnell at Morden. He was physician to a number of societies and insurance companies, and health officer of the Municipality of Lorne. He lived at Miami. Later, he served as a Captain in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War and, still later, as medical officer to the Hudson Bay Railway. On 21 May 1896, he married Harriet Luella “Hattie” Foster (1875-1921) at Brandon. He died near Mile 114 of the Hudson Bay Railway on 24 January 1931, probably due to exposure.
He was a medical officer on the Hudson Bay railway and was fatally injured when he fell from a train as it pulled into mile 114 on the northern Manitoba railway line. The manner in which he fell from the train could not be explained. He had been medical officer on the railway for six years.
Additional Service Notes
Was diagnosed with arterio selerosis (moderate), colitis cystitis, carbuncle neck, and boils in England and invalided to Canada.
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