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Mar 19, 1893
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Born at
Ridgeville Manitoba
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Dec 17, 1915
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Attested into
the 222nd Battalion at Emerson Manitoba
Ø Number 291466
Ø Next of kin given as Margaret Aime (mother) of Emerson PO, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Farmer
Ø Previous military experience given as 2 months with the 79th
Camerons, Canadian Militia
Ø Religion given as Church of England
For
some reason, he gave his birth date as March 19, 1883 on Attestation
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Nov 13, 1916
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Embarked the SS
Olympic at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Nov 20, 1916
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Disembarked at
Liverpool England
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Dec 31, 1916
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Transferred to
19th Reserve Battalion
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Jan 1, 1917
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TOS (Taken On
Strength) the 19th Reserve Battalion at Seaford
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Sep 18, 1917
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Posted to the 21st
Battalion
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Sep 19, 1917
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Arrived at No 2
CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot) at Havre France and TOS the 21st Battalion
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Sep 25, 1917
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Left 2 CIBD for
the CC Rein C (Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp)
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Sep 26, 1917
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Arrived at CC
Rein C
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Oct 1, 1917
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Joined the 21st
Battalion in the field
The Battalion was in billets at
Villers au Bois France cleaning up and carrying on training exercises
Although not mentioned in the service file, a note in The Communiqué (post
war newsletter of the 21st Battalion Association) makes note of him being in
the Signals Section
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Nov 2, 1917
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Attached to the
4th Canadian Infantry Brigade for duty
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Nov 15, 1917
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Returned to the
21st Battalion from attachment
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Dec 17, 1917
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Awarded the Good
Conduct Badge
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Oct 28, 1918
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Granted 14 days
leave
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Nov 20, 1918
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Rejoined
Battalion from leave
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Feb 11, 1919
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Attached to the
2nd Division Military Transport Company
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Feb 25, 1919
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Rejoined the 21st
Battalion from 2nd Div MT Coy
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Apr 3, 1919
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Embarked the
Western Australia at Havre
Disembarked
in England and proceeded to the Witley Camp
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Apr 4, 1919
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TOS
“P” Wing at Witley Camp for processing pending return to Canada
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May 15, 1919
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Embarked the RMS
Caronia at Liverpool
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May 22, 1919
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Disembarked at
Halifax Nova Scotia and proceeded to Kingston Ontario by train
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May 24, 1919
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Discharged from
the CEF at Kingston Ontario
Ø War Service Badge Class “A” issued, number 277369
Ø Proposed residence on discharge Emerson Manitoba
Ø Rank on discharge Pte
There is no
medals card in the copy of the service file supplied to me, but he would have received the
British War Medal and the Victory Medal sometime after January 1920
A letter to
friends in 1955 indicates that he was living in Calmar Alberta
He died in
1985 and is buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Edmonton Alberta
Photo courtesy of Cheyenne Kepke of the Random Acts of
Genealogical Kindness organization
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