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May 24, 1878
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Born in Mono Road, near
Dundalk, Ontario
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Aug 24, 1916
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Attested into the 227th
Battalion CEF in Sault St. Marie, Ontario
Ø Number 1003905
Ø Next of kin given
as Mary Calbeck, daughter, Sault St. Marie, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation
given as Expert Machinist
Ø Previous military
service given as 51st Regiment
Ø Religion given as
Presbyterian
Ø Posted to “D”
Company
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| Apr 10, 1917 |
Embarked
the SS Carpathia in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Apr
22, 1917 |
Disembarked
in Liverpool, England the battalion was absorbed into the 8th
Reserve Battalion in Shorncliffe to continue training
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May 10, 1917
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Transferred to the CFCBD
(Canadian Forestry Corps Base Depot) in Sunningdale
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May 20, 1917
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Transferred to the No. 38
Company, Canadian Forestry Corps
Arrived in France and the 38th
Company proceeded to billets near the Andaine Forest
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Jun 1, 1917
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Employed as a Millwright with
extra duty pay of $3.00 per day
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Aug 22, 1917
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Ceased to draw Millwright’s
pay
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Sep 7, 1917
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Transferred to the 54th
Company of the Canadian Forestry Corps in billets at Lambel-Camors, France
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Oct 7, 1917
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Reported to be AWL (Absent
Without Leave) at 11 pm
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Oct 11, 1917
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Reported for duty at 4:45 pm
and sentenced to 10 days Field Punishment No. 2 and forfeited 5 days pay for
his absence
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Mar 25, 1918
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Sentenced to 14 days Field
Punishment No. 2 and forfeited 2 days pay for being absent the previous day
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May 20, 1918
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Transferred to the 41st
Company Canadian Forestry Corps near the Orleans, France
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Jun 18, 1918
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Sentenced to 5 days Field Punishment
No. 2 and forfeited 2 days pay for being absent for 12 hours
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Oct 7, 1918
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Transferred to the 21st
Battalion
Reported to the CCRC (Canadian
Corps Reinforcement Camp)
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Dec 2, 1918
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Granted 14 days leave to Paris
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Dec 13, 1918
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Rejoined the Canadian Corps
Reinforcement Camp from leave
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Jan 11, 1919
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Proceeded to England and
transferred to the Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot in Seaford without
physically joining the 21st Battalion
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Feb 22, 1919
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Transferred to Military
District No. 3 Wing in Kinmel Park, Rhyl pending return to Canada
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Mar 29, 1919
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Embarked the SS Caronia in
Liverpool
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Apr 5, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia
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Apr 8, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in
Ottawa, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø War Service Badge
Class “A” issued number 231402
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Ottawa, Ontario
Following his discharge, the
British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him c/o Miss Mary Calbeck,
64 McDougald St., Sault St. Marie, Ontario
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Jun 1, 1960
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Arthur Calbeck died while a
patient of the Plummer Memorial Hospital, Sault St. Marie, Ontario and was
buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sault St. Marie
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