William Cant Stark

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 27.03.1916
  • Place of enlistment: Calgary, Alberta.
  • Service no: 736819
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 43rd Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 33
  • Date of Death: 01.09.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: I.O.2.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 08.11.1884
  • Place of Birth: Inverarity, Forfarshire
  • Address: 719 - 10th Ave West, Calgary, Alberta
  • Occupation: Teamster
  • Mother:

    Jane Cant Stark, 11 Rosefield St, Dundee

  • Father:

    George Smith Stark, 11 Rosefield St, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    James, Frederick & Edward

  • Spouse:

    Mary Livie Stark, 78 High St, Monifieth

  • Children:

More about William Cant Stark

William had 3 brothers who all served during the Great War, they were, Pte, Edward Stark, 51936, 21st Section, Machine Gun Corps, Gunner Frederick George Stark 635120, of the Royal Field Artillery, Killed in action, 04/09/1917, and Driver James Leslie Stark, 507408, of the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers.

For more information on William visit William’s Memorial and William’s Service Record

There are also several references to William in the local Dundee Newspapers available in Dundee Central Library.

Courier 26/10/1917 page 3, and Peoples Journal 24/11/1917 page 5.

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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