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Mar 26, 1884
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Born in Yorkshire, England
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Nov 6, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59038 (temporary number 275)
Ø Next of kin given as HJ Tyne, Attercliffe Rd., Sheffield, England
Ø Previous occupation given as Steam Engineer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Church of England
Ø Assigned to “C” Company, No. 6 Platoon
o This was later reorganized into “B” Company
o He was later assigned to the Machine Gun Section
The battalion trained in the Kingston area
through the winter with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
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Dec 5, 1914
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Admitted to the Kingston Hospital with inflamed
Tonsils
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Dec 7, 1914
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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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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Oct 21, 1915
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Sentenced to 5 days Field Punishment #2 for
being absent from the 1.45 pm parade on October 15th in La Clytte. This was a serious offence as the battalion was
forming up to enter the front line trench to relieve the 20th Battalion
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Dec 17, 1915
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Admitted to the No. 5 CFA (Canadian Field
Ambulance) with an infected right heel. He
was transferred the same day to the No. 6 CFA Rest Station at Locre
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Dec 27, 1915
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Transferred to the Mont des Cats rest station
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Dec 31, 1915
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Discharged to duty
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Sep 15, 1916
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While operating a machine gun during the advance
on a German strong point in a sugar refinery near Courcelette, Private Baron had his right
arm blown off by the explosion of an artillery shell.
He was first evacuated to a Field Ambulance for
first aid then transferred to a Casualty Clearing Station were surgery was performed to
amputate the remaining portion of his arm close to his shoulder, leaving a stump of
approximately 3”.
He was then transferred to the No. 13 General
Hospital in Boulogne
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Sep 18, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
St. Denis
Posted to the CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly
Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital
On arrival in England was admitted to the
Horton, County of London, War Hospital in Epsom
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Mar 9, 1917
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Additional surgery was performed to remove bone
fragments from the stump and to drain infection
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Mar 10, 1917
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Posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental
Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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May 4, 1917
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Transferred to the Granville Canadian Special
Hospital in Ramsgate
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May 31, 1917
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Married to Sarah McPhee, a staff nurse at the
Horton War Hospital. Private Baron stated that he was a widower
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Jun 2, 1917
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Officially granted permission to marry
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Jun 18, 1917
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Embarked the Hospital Ship Letitia in Liverpool and Invalided to
Canada
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Jun 29, 1917
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and
proceeded to Toronto, Ontario.
On arrival in Toronto, he was admitted to a
Convalescent Home
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Jul 12, 1917
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Released from hospital to receive treatment as
an out patient
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Oct 25, 1917
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Medical Board notes that his permanent
disability is 75% and that an additional stay in hospital is recommended for a further 3
months
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Mar 18, 1918
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Discharged from the CEF in Toronto
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge Class “A” issued
Ø Proposed residence on discharge 10 St. Joseph St., Toronto
Following his discharge the 1914-15 Star,
British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at 5 Howard Park Ave., Toronto
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Mar 8, 1938
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Herbert Baron died in Unionville, Ontario and was
buried in a Veteran’s plot of the Prospect Cemetery in Toronto
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