Walter Harold Stoat


Jul 22, 1893

Born in West Ham, London, England to Walter and Charlotte (nee Botham) Stoat

 

Mar 28, 1907

Embarked the SS Kensington with his parents and 3 siblings

 

 

Apr 7, 1907

The family disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded to Brockville, Ontario

 

Nov 3, 1914

Attested into the 21st Battalion in Kingston, Ontario

Ø  Number 59925 (temporary number 30)

Ø  Next of kin given as Mrs. Charlotte Stoat, mother, 262 Brock St. W., Brockville, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Wood Worker

o   Later noted as Chauffeur

Ø  Previous military experience given as 2 years in the 5th Field Battery, Artillery and 4 years in the 41st Brockville Rifles, Canadian Militia

Ø  Religion given as Church of England

Ø  Posted to “A” Company

The 21st Battalion trained in the Kingston, Ontario area through the winter of 1914-15.

 

Nov 20, 1914

Appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal

 

May 6, 1915

Embarked the RMS Metagama in Montreal, Quebec

 

 

May 15, 1915

Disembarked in Devonport, England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent to continue training

 

Jun 21, 1915

Admitted to the Moore Barracks Hospital in Shorncliffe with blood in his stool and suffering from abdominal pain when passing stool

 

Jun 26, 1915

Discharged to duty

 

Sep 1, 1915

Posted to the Depot Company

 

Sep 11, 1915

Admitted to Moore Barracks Hospital in Shorncliffe with blood in his stool and suffering from abdominal pain.  A tumor was found to be attached to his colon and the diagnosis was changed to read Tuberculous Peritonitis of plastic type

 

Sep 20, 1915

Transferred to the Shorncliffe Military Hospital with a diagnosis that reads Abdomen Tumor. 

 

Sep 25, 1915

Transferred to the 39th Reserve Battalion for pay purposes while in hospital

 

Sep 29, 1915

Discharged to duty with the 39th Reserve Battalion in West Sandling

 

Oct 29, 1915

Embarked the SS Missanabie in Liverpool

 

 

Nov 7, 1915

Disembarked in Quebec City, Quebec

 

Mar 24, 1916

Noted as refusing convalescent home treatment

 

Jul 6, 1916

Medical exam held at the Niagara, Ontario Camp notes

Ø  Suffers pain in lower left side of abdomen

Ø  Pain is increased by pressure and walking

Ø  Has lost 50 lbs since onset

Ø  Has some bleeding of the bowel

Ø  Recommended for discharge from service as he refuses treatment

 

Sep 11, 1916

Discharged from the CEF in Kingston, Ontario

Ø  Rank on discharge Private

Ø  Entitled to War Service Badge Class “B”

Ø  Proposed residence on discharge, Parry Sound, Ontario

He was discharged as Medically Unfit and is noted as refusing to accept Sanitorium Treatment

 

Nov 20, 1916

Attested into the No. 2 Overseas Army Service Corps Training Depot CEF in Toronto, Ontario

Ø  Number 513379

Ø  Next of kin given as Charlotte Stoat, mother, 14 Pine St., Brockville, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Chauffeur

Ø  Previous military experience given as1 ¾ years in the 21st Battalion CEF, 2 years in the 5th Field Battery, Artillery and 4 years in the 41st Brockville Rifles, Canadian Militia

Ø  Religion given as Church of England

 

Dec 18, 1916

Admitted to the Exhibition Camp Hospital in Toronto with a diagnosis that reads Ulcer of the Bowel

 

Feb 8, 1917

Discharged to duty from hospital

 

Feb 10, 1917

Readmitted to the Exhibition Camp Hospital in Toronto with a diagnosis that reads Ulcer of the Bowel

 

Feb 23, 1917

Transferred to the Military District No. 2 Casualty Company in Toronto while in hospital

 

Feb 24, 1917

Transferred to “D” Unit MHCC (Military Hospital Commission of Canada) in Toronto while in hospital

Transferred to the Spadina Military Hospital

 

Mar 20, 1917

Transferred to the Ontario Military Convalescent Hospital, Whitby, Ontario

 

May 31, 1917

Sentenced to 120 hours detention for misconduct

 

Jun 20, 1917

To be treated as an outpatient of the Whitby hospital

 

Aug 24, 1917

Discharged from the CEF in Toronto, Ontario

Ø  Rank on discharge Private

Ø  Residence on discharge was not given

Following the end of the war, the British War Medal was sent to him at 17 Perth St., Brockville, Ontario

 

Dec 5, 1917

Re-admitted to the Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto

Posted to “D” Unit MHCC (Military Hospital Commission of Canada) in Toronto while receiving further treatment for Ulcer of the Bowel

 

Dec 28, 1917

Discharged from hospital

 

Jan 3, 1918

Readmitted to the Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto

 

Feb 7, 1918

Discharged from hospital and SOS “D” Unit Military Hospital Commission of Canada

 

Feb 6, 1919

After returning to England, Walter Stoat married Rosetta Victoria Giles in London, England

 

May 5, 1922

Walter and his wife Rosetta returned to Canada and settled in Brockville, Ontario

 

Apr 17, 1978

It was reported to Veterans Affairs Canada that Walter Henry Stoat died on this date.  No location or cause of death was reported

 

Walter Stoat’s father, Walter Stoat Sr. also served in the CEF and both are honoured and remembered on a plaque in the St. Lawrence Anglican Church in
Brockville, Ontario 

 

 

 


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