Francis John Mavin

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

164306

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Prisoner of war:

Yes

Commemorated at:

St. Luke Anglican Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Devonshire

Birth city:

Devonport

Address at enlistment:

315 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

315 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machinist

Employer:

Ham and Nott Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Prisoner of war

BX March 19, 1917

Brantford Casualties

Three Brantford men are also mentioned in the big weekend, casualty list. Privates Eric Milton and Francis John Mavin are both reported missing, and Private Thomas Webster, 29 Edward Street with the artillery is officially reported as having died. Private Webster is a married man and went overseas with a draft from the 25th Brant Dragoons in January 1915. Particulars of the latter were given some days ago.

BX April 13, 1917

Sergeant Francis John Mavin a Hun Prisoner

That Sergeant Francis John Mavin, who enlisted here with the 84th Battalion, and who was later transferred to another unit at the front, is a German prisoner, is the word received this morning by his brother Cyril. He had previously been reported missing, but the war office has since learned that he was taken captive by the Germans. He was a machinist at the Ham and Nott factory before enlistment.