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May 22, 1864
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Born in Rothes, Morayshire,
Scotland
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Nov 5, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59132 (temporary number 619)
Ø Next of kin given as Maggie Cameron, wife,
Bobcaygeon, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Labourer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
Ø Posted to “F” Company
o This was later reorganized into “C” Company
On attesting he lied about his age, stating
he had been born May 22, 1875. Had he
been truthful, he would not have been accepted as he was overage.
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 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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Jan 4, 1916
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Attached to the 4th
Infantry Brigade to be employed as a Trench Warden
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Apr 1, 1916
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Rejoined the 21st
Battalion
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Jul 12, 1916
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Attached to the 4th
Infantry Brigade to be employed as a Transport Driver
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Nov 5, 1916
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Awarded the Good Conduct Badge
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Feb 4, 1917
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While transporting coal in a
truck to the town of Bruay, France, he was stopped on the road between Auchel
and Marles-les-Mines and when he exited his vehicle, he was struck by a
passing truck that drove over his feet and fractured the 2nd and 3rd
Metatarsal bones in his left foot. He
was evacuated to the No. 23, CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) for treatment
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Feb 5, 1917
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Transferred to the No. 8
Stationary Hospital in Wimereux
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Feb 8, 1917
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship Princess Elizabeth
On arrival in England he was
admitted to the Wanstead Hospital in Margate, London
Transferred to the CCAC
(Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Mar 11, 1917
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Transferred to the EORD
(Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Apr 26, 1917
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Discharged from hospital and
transferred to the 6th Reserve Battalion in Seaford
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May 23, 1917
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Transferred to the Eastern
Ontario Regimental Depot and attached to the 6th Reserve Battalion
in Seaford
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Jan 25, 1918
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Medical Board in Seaford notes
Ø Patient complains
of shortness of breath on exertion
Ø Weakness of left
foot
Ø Left foot deformed
due to poor alignment of bones
Ø Slight hardening of
the arteries
Ø Classified as Biii,
meaning his only capable of non-combat sedentary work only
His condition is not expected
to improve within 6 months
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Feb 23, 1918
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Attached to the CDD (Canadian
Discharge Depot) in Buxton pending return to Canada
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Feb 27, 1918
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Embarked the SS Ongar
(formerly SS Corsican) in Liverpool
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Mar 17, 1918
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia and proceeded to Kingston, Ontario
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May 3, 1918
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Discharged from the CEF in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø War Service Badge
Class “A” issued
Ø War Service Badge
Class “B” issued
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Lindsay, Ontario
Following the end of the war
the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at
Bobcaygeon, Ontario
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Feb 6, 1953
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Alexander Cameron died of a
heart attack while a patient in the Sunnybrook Veteran’s Hospital in Toronto,
Ontario and was buried in the Pine Hills Cemetery in Scarborough
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