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Apr 13, 1893
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Born in Drummond Township, Lanark County,
Ontario to James Armstrong and Harriet (nee Frizell) Andison
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Nov 7, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59016 (temporary number 386)
Ø Next of kin given as James Andison, father, Smiths Falls, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Clerk
o This was later recorded as Furnishings Clerk
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
Ø Assigned to “D” Company
o This was later reorganized into “B” Company
The battalion trained through the winter in the
Kingston area with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport, England and the
battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent to continue training
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St Seiriol in Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne, France and the
battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Sep 16, 1916
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After securing the sugar refinery at Courcelette
the previous day, the 21st Battalion was given the task of taking the Sunken
Road beyond the refinery on the 16th. During
heavy fighting there, Private Andison received severe shrapnel wounds to his face, arms,
and legs as shown below from his medical file. He
was evacuated first to the field ambulance, then to the casualty clearing station for
treatment.
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Sep 18, 1916
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Transferred to the No. 13 Stationary Hospital in
Boulogne
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Sep 20, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
St. David
Posted to the CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly
Centre) while in hospital
On arrival in England he was admitted to the St.
George’s Hospital, London
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Oct 22, 1916
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Surgery performed on right temple to remove
shrapnel and bone fragments
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Nov 22, 1916
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Transferred to the Wimbledon Hospital
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Jan 10, 1917
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Transferred to the St. Georges Hospital
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Jan 22, 1917
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Transferred to the Canadian Convalescent
Hospital in Bromley
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Mar 5, 1917
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Discharged to the 3rd CCD (Canadian
Convalescent Depot) and attached to the St. Leonard’s Hospital for light duties
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Mar 10, 1917
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Posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental
Depot) and remained at St. Leonard’s Hospital employed on light duties
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Mar 21, 1917
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Admitted to the Military Hospital in Hastings
with a diagnosis that reads Hemorrhoids
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Mar 25, 1917
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Surgery performed to remove the Hemorrhoids
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May 9, 1917
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Discharged from
hospital and granted sick leave until May 31, 1917
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May 31, 1917
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Joined the Command Depot in Seaford
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Jun 7, 1917
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On Command to the CDD (Canadian Discharge Depot)
in Buxton pending return to Canada
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Jun 22, 1917
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in Liverpool
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Jul 8, 1917
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Disembarked in Montreal, Quebec and proceeded to
Kingston, Ontario
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Jul 17, 1917
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Admitted to the Queen’s Military Hospital,
Kingston
The admissions report records his shrapnel
wounds and notes that there are pieces of bone missing from both his right temple and
cheek bone under his right eye as a result of surgery.
It also makes note of a steel plate having been inserted to replace missing cheek
bone.
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Dec 31, 1917
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Discharged from the CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge, classes “A” and “B” issued
Ø Proposed residence on discharge Smiths Falls, Ontario
Following his discharge, the 1914-15 Star,
British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at Box 671, Lorne Ave., Trenton,
Ontario
He was reported by the 21st Battalion
Association to have died in Guelph, Ontario in 1964
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