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Dec 8, 1896
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Born in Merivale, Ontario to Edward and Annie
(nee Padget) Boyce
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Oct 17, 1917
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Medical exam for the MSA (Military Service Act)
of 1917 held at Ottawa, Ontario
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Jan 3, 1918
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Conscripted into 1st Depot Battalion,
EOR (Eastern Ontario Regiment) under the MSA in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 3055148
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. F.D.
Warren, sister, Dunbar, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Shell
Examiner
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
Ø Posted to the 3rd
Regimental Draft
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Feb 21, 1918
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The 3rd Regimental Draft embarked the
SS Melita in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Mar 4, 1918
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded
to Seaford where the draft was absorbed into the 6th Reserve
Battalion to continue training
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Aug 9, 1918
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
Arrived at the CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base
Depot) in Etaples, France and Taken On Strength of the 21st
Battalion
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Aug 15, 1918
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After leaving the base depot, Private Boyce
joined the 21st Battalion in Fouquescourt, France and was posted
to “A” Company
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Nov 23, 1918
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Sentenced to 21 days Field Punishment No. 1 for
being drunk
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Dec 13, 1918
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The 21st Battalion led the 2nd
Canadian Division across the Bonn Bridge to enter Germany as part of the
Occupying Force and proceeded to Sieburg
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Mar 9, 1919
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Proceeded to Namur, Belgium for Guard Duty
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Mar 31, 1919
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Admitted to the No. 7 Canadian General Hospital
in Wimereux, France with a diagnosis that reads VDS (Venereal Disease
Syphilis)
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Apr 2, 1919
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Invalided to England
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the
Canadian Military Hospital in Etchinghill, Lyminge
Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Apr 30, 1919
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Discharged from hospital and transferred to the 6th
Reserve Battalion in Seaford
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May 18, 1919
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Embarked the SS Aquitania in Southampton
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May 25, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded
to Toronto, Ontario where he was Taken On Strength of Military District No. 2
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May 27, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Toronto, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge Class “A”
issued number 193164
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Dunbar, Ontario
Following his discharge, the British War Medal
and Victory Medals were sent to him at Dunbar, Ontario
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Sep 23, 1924
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Married to Sarah Ella Meda Rew in Timmins, Ontario
He gave his occupation as Miner
Frank Boyce moved to the Ottawa area and became involved in
municipal politics in the 1950s and served multiple terms as an Alderman in Ottawa
City Hall
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Jul 28, 1971
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Frank George Boyce died while a patient of the
Ottawa, Ontario Civic Hospital and was buried in the Merivale, Cemetery
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