SHROPSHALL, Arthur Henry

War
1st World War
Date of Birth
Date Attested
Attested at
Wroxeter, Ontario
Original Unit
161st Huron Battalion
Regimental Number
654468
Rank
Private
Date of Death
Age at Death
46 years 4 months
Cemetery
Wingham Cemetery - Ontario - Canada
Cenotaph
Wingham Cenotaph
Biographical Summary

DIVISIONAL UNIT:        Canadian Army Service Corps
SERVICE NO:                   654468
RESIDENCE:                    Wingham – Ontario 
DATE OF BIRTH:            July 22, 1873
                                             Wolverhampton - England
DATE OF DEATH:           November 29, 1919             46 years     4 months
CEMETERY:                     Wingham Cemetery – Wingham –
                                             County of Huron – Ontario
                                             Plot F
WIFE:                                 Mrs. Alice Shropshall – Wingham - Ontario
Occupation:                        Farmer                                  Religion:     Church of England
Enlistment:                         Wroxeter – February 17, 1916 – 161st Huron Battalion
Enlistment Age:                 42 years     7 months

Upon his arrival overseas in England on November 11, 1916 he was transferred to the Canadian Army Service Corps as a driver. He was sent to France and suffered an accidental injury to his leg during June of 1918. The remainder of the war was spent in hospitals in France and then England. After the armistice of 
November 11th, 1918, he was invalided back home to Canada to a hospital in London. This was in March of 1919. He passed away on November 29, 1919 as a result of injuries suffered in England.
He departed Liverpool on the vessel “Araguaya” and landed in the United States at Portland, Maine.
Driver Shropshall was survived by his wife Alice and their three small children.