WASHINGTON, George
DIVISIONAL UNIT: 161st Battalion - Huron County - Ontario
SERVICE NO: 654255
RESIDENCE Hensall – Ontario
DATE OF BIRTH: January 15, 1895.
Middlewich – Cheshire - England
DATE OF DEATH: April 26, 1916 21 years 3 months
CEMETERY: Hensall Union Cemetery – Hensall –
County of Huron - Ontario
PARENTS: Mr. Thomas Washington – Crewe – Cheshire - England
Occupation: Bank Clerk Religion: Church of England
Enlistment: Hensall – January 15, 1916 – into 161st Huron Battalion
Enlistment Age: 21 years
Private Washington died in Hensall from lobar pneumonia followed by cardiac failure before the 161st
left for training. The duration of the pneumonia was only 4 days. His heart failed at the end of that time.
Between the time Private Washington enlisted into the 161st Huron Battalion and him falling ill and passing away was approximately 100 days. There are no files at the National Archives, no attestation papers on file and no records at Veterans Affairs Canada.
He is listed on the Hensall cenotaph and rightly so.