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Nov 26, 1884
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Born in Stranraer, Scotland
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Nov 2, 1914
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Shown on the payroll of the 46th
Durham Regiment, Canadian Militia, in Port Hope, Ontario.
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Nov 6, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59030 (temporary number 728)
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. Janet Hall Baillie, wife, Younge St., Port
Hope, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Greaser
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Baptist
Ø Assigned to “G” Company
o This was later reorganized into “D” Company
o He is reported to have been the Batman for L/Col EW Jones and later as
being in the Quartermaster Section
The battalion trained in the Kingston area
through the winter 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
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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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Nov 6, 1916
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Awarded the Good Conduct Badge
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Jan 18, 1917
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Granted 10 days leave
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Oct 8, 1917
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Granted 10 days leave
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Oct 20, 1917
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Rejoined the battalion from leave
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Oct 30, 1918
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Granted 14 days leave
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Nov 17, 1918
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Rejoined the battalion from leave
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Apr 3, 1919
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Embarked the Western Australia in Havre
On arrival in England he was posted to the CCC
(Canadian Concentration Camp) and attached to “P” Wing pending return to Canada
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May 14, 1919
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Embarked the SS Caronia in Liverpool
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May 22, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and
proceeded by train to Kingston, Ontario
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May 24, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Kingston
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge Class “A” issued number 279960
Ø Proposed residence on discharge, Port Hope, Ontario
Following his discharge, the 1914-15 Star,
British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at Harcourt St., Port Hope, Ontario
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Dec 19, 1920
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His wife, Janet, died of Colon Cancer at the
Port Hope Hospital and buried in the Union Cemetery there.
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Jun 9, 1921
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Shown on the 1921 Canadian Census as living at
79 Harcourt St., Port Hope, Ontario with his 3 children, William, James Jr. and Janet
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Dec 29, 1932
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James Baillie died in Port Hope. One of his Pall Bearers was a 21st
Battalion comrade, J.D. Golding MM
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Mar 23, 1942
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James Baillie Jr., son, was killed while serving as
an Able Seaman aboard the Steam Tanker, Naeco, when it was torpedoed by the German U-Boat
U-124 off the coast of North Carolina, USA
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