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George Stuart Drought
| Rank: | Private |
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| Townland: | Revelstoke |
| Town/Village: | Kamloops, British Columbia, |
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| Country: | Canada |
| Alternative Address: | Newport, Co. Mayo |
| Census 1901: |
Resident at Newport, Co.Mayo www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Mayo/New_Port_East/Doontrusk/1605826/ |
| Census 1911: |
Possible census for mother and sister www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Mayo/Derryloughan/Carrowbaun/747036/ |
| Regiment/Unit: | 102nd Regiment, Rocky Mountain Rangers, Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| Regiment Number: | 2323390 |
| Date of Death: | 07-10-1951 |
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| Information: | George was born in Co. Longford, possibly in Edgeworthstown. His father, Edward was a railway gatekeeper, likely working on the Achill line for the Midland & Great Western Railway. Prior to emigrating to Canada in 1902, George was working as a carpenter. He enlisted in March 1917 in Kamloops, BC. After the war George worked as a railway labourer and sectionman. George passed away on the 7th October 1951 in Vancouver, BC. |
| Parents Names: | Son of Eliza Drought (née Bamford) and the late Edward Drought. |
| Notes: | George and Eliza (Elisa) had 6 surviving children, including George's sister, Harriet Stewart, with whom she was living for many years. One of George's brothers, William, also lived in Canada, (Vancouver). |
| Links: | Link to army record; link to record of death; link to cemetery record |
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