Cameron Stapleton

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

270240

Unit at enlistment:

215th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Wentworth

Birth city:

Ancaster, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Jerseyville, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Jerseyville, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX April 16, 1917

Rush Operation

Private Cameron Stapleton of the 215th Battalion, was operated on, on Friday evening for acute appendicitis. Pte. Stapleton was on parade on Friday morning, taken to the hospital late that afternoon and operated on the same evening. The operation was performed by Drs. Coates and Secord, who expressed the opinion that if the operation had been delayed 24 hours, his life could not have been saved.

BX October 8, 1918

Mrs. A. Stapleton of Jerseyville has received word that her son, Gunner Cameron Stapleton, has been seriously wounded in the leg. He received training with the 215th and left for overseas last November.