Cameron Thorburn

Rank:

Lieutenant

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Zion Presbyterian Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

135 Peel Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

135 Peel Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Bank clerk

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX March 13, 1917

Two Officers of 125th Casualties – Lieut. Harold Stratford Had Pleurisy – Lieut. Cameron Thorburn Dislocated Shoulder

Lieutenant Harold Stratford of the 125th Battalion, who has recently been in hospital on account of pleurisy has been granted six months’ leave of absence and will leave shortly for Canada according to a letter just received from a member of the battalion.

The letter also brings the information that Lieutenant Cameron Thorburn the battalion signalling officer fell into a sewer trench in front of the officers’ mess after dark and dislocated his shoulder. One of the bones, in an X-ray examination was found to be cracked. He was taken to Bramshott Hospital, where he will likely remain for a few weeks. His injury, however, is not serious.

BX July 15, 1967

Cameron Thorburn

PORT DOVER – Cameron Thorburn, 73, of 26 Second Avenue, Port Dover, died Saturday at Hamilton Civic Hospital. He was a retired bank manager. Mr. Thorburn served overseas as a major with the Argyle and Southern Highlanders. Surviving are his wife, the former Gladys Spencer; two sons, Donald of New York City and Hugh of St. Catharines; one daughter, Miss Margaret, of Hamilton; one brother, Alex of Brantford; two sisters, Miss Donna and Miss Murray, both of Brantford. Mr. Thorburn is at the Thompson Funeral Home in Port Dover for service Tuesday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Farringdon Burial Ground in Brantford.