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Record #21461
Name :
: Leonard PORTER (1897 - 1916)
  aka : Private Porter


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 20 Feb 1897 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 28 Sep 1916   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme, Courcelette
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Apr 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Kensington

Placement Family
: Beam
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Leonard Porter. Attestation papers list his birth date being in 1885, however Dr. Snow's research states his birth date was 20 Feb 1895.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: PORTER
Given Name: Leonard
Age: 8
Sex: M
Ship: Kensington
Year of Arrival: 1905
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1905-03-30
Arrival Port: Portland
Arrival Date: 1905-04-11
Party: Barnardo Homes
Comments: The ship docked at Halifax, then Portland, where 269 boys disembarked. The original list was lost and a list prepared in 1934 appears on the reel.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1b
Microfilm: T-499
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1911 Canadian Census records place Leonard Porter as a Servant in the household of Byron Beam in Welland, Ontario. Born in Apr 1897 he was born in England and immigrated in 1901.

Attestation papers were signed 15 Apr 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario. Leonard Porter was born 8 Jun 1885 (Year of birth was more likely 1897) in Birmingham, England. Next of Kin was his brother, Ernest Porter of Ridgeway, Ontario. He was a labourer by trade. He had previous Military experience with the 44th Regiment in Welland. 5' 5 1/2" in height with brown eyes and dark brown hair, he had 4 vaccination marks on his left arm. His religion was listed as Methodist.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty states he was Killed in Action in the trenches north of Courcelette, Somme, Picardie, France. An additional note states that the Next of Kin could not be located at his original submitted address. Leonard's body was not recovered for burial, his name is listed on the Vimy Memorial in Vimy, Nord Pas de Calais, France.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56682552 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-12 13:57:05 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-30 13:28:07 /

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