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Dec 9, 1888
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Born at
Straffordville, Elgin County, Ontario
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Mar 31, 1916
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Attested into
the 91st Battalion at St Thomas Ontario
Ø Number 190172
Ø Next of kin given as JD Phillips (grandfather) of Aylmer Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Clerk
o Later noted as Dry Goods Clerk
Ø Previous military experience given as 30th Battery
Ø Religion given as Methodist
Ø Posted to “D” Company
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Apr 10, 1916
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Appointed to
rank of Lance Corporal
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Jun 29, 1916
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Embarked the RMS
Olympic at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Jul 5, 1916
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Disembarked at
Liverpool England
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Jul 10, 1916
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Promoted to rank
of Provisional Cpl
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Jul 15, 1916
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Transferred to
the 39th Reserve Battalion at West Sandling Camp
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Sep 10, 1916
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Reverts to rank
of Pte at own request in order to proceed to France
Posted to 21st
Battalion
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Sep 11, 1916
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Arrived at CBD
(Canadian Base Depot) at Havre France and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21st
Battalion
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Oct 1, 1916
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Left CBD for the
2nd Entrenching Battalion
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Oct 4, 1916
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Joined the 2nd
Entrenching Battalion in the field
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Oct 6, 1916
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Joined the 21st
Battalion in the field
The Battalion had just arrived at
billets in Bouzencourt, having just returned from the front lines on the Somme. Pte Cable was part of the reinforcing party to
replace the losses from the previous 2 weeks of fighting
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Dec 4, 1916
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Proceeded on the
Trench Mortar Course at the 1st Army School of Mortars
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Dec 21, 1916
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Rejoined the
Battalion from course
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Nov 2, 1917 Awarded
the Military Medal per the London Gazette #30364
This was for
his actions as a Stretcher Bearer on August 15 during the fighting at Lens.
The Citation reads
August 15th-18th 1917. For
conspicuous bravery and resourcefulness. Under intense shell fire, he, in addition
to carrying on as a stretcher bearer, volunteered and acted as a runner at a most critical
time when the regular service had been exhausted. At a great personal risk he went
to the assistance of an advanced party whom he saw buried by a shell, and although exposed
to shell and machine gun fire, persistently persevered in unearthing them, dressed the
wounded and personally supervised their evacuation.
AFW 3121 28-8-17
Below is from
the August 1917 War Diary of the 21st Battalion
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Nov 12, 1917
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Granted 10 days
leave
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Nov 29, 1917
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Rejoined
Battalion from leave
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Jan 12, 1918
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Presented with
his Military Medal on parade at Westrehem France, by Lieut General Sir Arthur Currie, KCB,
KCMG.
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Mar 3, 1918
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Attached to the
1st Canadian Tunneling Company
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Mar 10, 1918
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Rejoined 21st
Battalion from attachment
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Mar 31, 1918
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Granted
permission to wear the Good Conduct Badge
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Apr 2, 1918
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Admitted to No 2
CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) with a shrapnel wound to right shoulder
Transferred
same day to No 8 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station).
Later that day was admitted to No 20 General Hospital
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Apr 5, 1918
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Invalided to
England aboard the Hospital Ship Ville de Liege
Posted to
EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) while in hospital
Admitted to
Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, England
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Apr 6, 1918
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Transferred to
Military Convalescent Hospital at Gravesend
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May 28, 1918
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Transferred to
Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Woodcote Park, Epsom
Granted Medical Leave until June 8,
1918. Address while on leave – YMCA
Edinburgh
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Jun 14, 1918
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Discharged from
hospital and TOS 6th Reserve Battalion at Seaford
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Jul 26, 1918
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Appointed to
rank of Acting Lance Cpl with pay
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Mar 12, 1919
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Posted to MD #1
at Rhyl, Kinmel Park, pending return to Canada
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Mar 23, 1919
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Embarked the
HMTS Empress of Britain at Liverpool
TOS No 1
District Depot (London Ontario)
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Mar 31, 1919
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Disembarked at
Saint John New Brunswick
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Apr 2, 1919
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Discharged from
the CEF at London Ontario
Ø War Service Badge Class “A” issued, number 80973
Ø Rank on discharge Acting Lance Cpl
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Jan 30, 1923
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British War
Medal and Victory Medal sent to Box 421 Aylmer Ontario
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