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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth London
• Land England
• Family Son of Arthur Thomas and Helen A. C. Platt, of 168, Balsam Avenue, Toronto.
• Education University of Toronto (pol sc) (1909-1913); Law School - with firm of Rowell, Reid, Wood & Wright

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 5 May 1915, Toronto
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 3rd Bn. Central Ontario (Toronto) Regiment "A" Coy.
• Other data related to military career Commission in the Queen's Own Rifles; took an active part in organising the University Company; guard duty at Toronto Island; appointed 35th Bn., went overseas in June 1915; to France October 1915; Bn. Intelligence Officer and in command of the regimental scouts and snipers.

Death

• Wounded 5 May, shot in the head by a sniper while on patrol at 12.30 a.m.
• Type of wounds Died of wounds at Advanced Aid Post Railway Dugouts, at 5 a.m.
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery V - A - 33

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