L/Sgt William George BRADSHAW ⁵⁵⁹

   Cause of his death was Cancer.

   Other names for William were Will BRADSHAW ²⁴⁵⁹ and William BRADSHAW ¹.^,447

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth: Name not given on announcement in newspaper, 3 Mar 1888, Great Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²⁴⁵⁶ Name: Bradshaw, Baby
Age:
Sex: M
Parents: Bradshaw, W.G.
Event Address: Great Placentia, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 0303/1888
Reference Date: 03/08/1888
Source: 1) Evening Mercury (then Evening Herald) 1882-1920

2. Alt. Birth, After 1896.

3. Education: Attended St. Bishop Feild High School, Bef 1907, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²²¹

4. Education: Attended school in Montreal during these years studying electrical, 1907-1909, Montreal, Québec, Canada. ^221,322,2460

5. Immigration: from Newfoundland, 1907, Montreal, Québec, Canada. ²²²

6. Departure: en route to Montreal, 24 Jul 1907, Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³²²

7. Immigration: from Newfoundland, 1908, British Columbia, Canada. ^222,2461 Apparently according to the Diary of her sister Ethel, Nance did not travel to Victoria with the family in 1907 but came the following year This event was shared from Hannah Jennings BRADSHAW RN who also shared it with Anna Windsor BRADSHAW (Immigrant), Beatrice Eugene BRADSHAW Rn (Immigrant), Ethel May BRADSHAW (Immigrant), Florence Hilda BRADSHAW (Immigrant), Henrietta Ash BRADSHAW (Immigrant), Madeleine Victoria BRADSHAW (Witness), and Sarah Payne WINDSOR (Witness).

8. Arrival: from Montreal via Port Colborne, 30 May 1909, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ³²²

9. Residence: 3701 Palo Alto Street in the Mount Tolmie area of Saanich, Cir 1910, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. ³²¹ Bio of Beatrice Eugene Bradshaw and Hannah Jennings Bradshaw under the caption of those who served in WWI. They were both nurses.

10. Census: Saanich Ward 1, Ward 6, Nanaimo District, 1911, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. ³²³ Albert and Sister in Law Sarah Bradshaw and her children. Clara McCoubrey and her son Alexander are shown on the same census form immediately after the Bradshaws. I suspect that they were all living in the same house, built by Albert.

11. Occupation: Electrician - Surveyor - Govt. Land, 1911, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. ²²²

12. Occupation: Forest Guard, B.C. Forestry Department, Bef 11 Mar 1915, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ⁴¹⁸⁵

13. Military: 3rd Pioneer Battalion then 48th Battalion; Regt. # 430434, 11 Mar 1915-31 Jan 1918, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ^2459,4185

14. Occupation: Rancher/Farmer, 11 Mar 1915, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ⁴¹⁸⁵

15. Physical Description, 11 Mar 1915, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ⁴¹⁸⁵ 5'6"; 37" chest; 3" expansion; Fresh complexion, Brown hair; Brown eyes.

16. Military: 48th Battalion CEF leaves for Montreal on GRAMPIAN, 25 Jun 1915, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ³²² June 25 The 48^th Battalion C.E.F. [served as the 3^rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion], (my brother Will amongst them) left Victoria Friday, June 25^th, 1915 enroute to England via Montreal, on the "Grampian"

17. Medical Condition: Suffered from and was treated for syphilis in service, 1916, England. ⁴¹⁸⁵

18. Departure: From England with the 3rd Canadian Pioneers, Mar 1916, France. ³⁹⁹⁹

19. Illness: gunshot wound to right shoulder; also was gassed and shell shocked, 12 Jun 1916, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. ^221,4185 Contracted syphilis overseas

20. Arrival: Returned from overseas due to wounds, 15 Aug 1917, Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. ³²²

21. Illness: Apparently recouperating from wounds at Resthaven Convalescent Hosptital, 25 Dec 1917. ³²² Brought home a friend from Resthaven for Christmas. His sister Hettie worked there but could not make it home that Christmas.

22. Military: Honourably discharged, medically unfit, 2 Feb 1918, Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. ⁴¹⁸⁵

23. Living: 640 acre grant to servicemen, 29 Jan 1951, Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada. ^221,4153

William married Josephine Ethel HILBORN, daughter of Living and Living, on 3 Sep 1924 in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada.⁴¹⁸⁴ (Josephine Ethel HILBORN was born on 26 Dec 1902 in Alexandria, British Columbia, Canada ⁴¹⁸⁷ and died on 30 Nov 1961 in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada ⁴¹⁸⁷.)