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Feb 11, 1894
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Born at
Williamsburg Ontario (from his birth registration)
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Nov 4, 1914
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Attested into
the 21st Battalion at Kingston Ontario
Ø Number 59147 (temporary number 504)
Ø Next of kin given as Oscar Casselman (father) of Williamsburg Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Farmer
o Later recorded as Railway Brakeman
Ø Previous military experience given as 59th Stormont &
Glengarry Regiment
Ø Religion given as Lutheran
Ø Assigned to “E” Company
o This was later reorganized into “C” Company
He gave his birth
date on Attestation as February 11, 1893
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS
Metagama at Montreal Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked at
Devonport England and proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe Kent
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St
Seiriol at Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked at
Boulogne France and proceeded to St Omer
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Aug 7, 1916
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Appointed to
rank of Lance Cpl to replace L/Cpl Meeks 59649 who was promoted
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Sep 15, 1916
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Received
shrapnel wounds to both arms and chest and admitted to CCS (Casualty Clearing Station)
where shrapnel balls and fragments were removed
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Sep 18, 1916
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Invalided to
England aboard the Hospital Ship Jan Breydel
Posted to the
CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) while in hospital
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Sep 19, 1916
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Admitted to No 1
Southern General Hospital at Birmingham
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Oct 11, 1916
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Awarded the
Military Medal per the London Gazette #29780
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Mar 11, 1917
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TOS (Taken On
Strength) the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) while in hospital
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Jun 28, 1917
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Transferred to
Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Bearwood, Wokingham
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Jul 6, 1917
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Transferred to
Military Convalescent Hospital at Epsom
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Jul 13, 1917
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Discharged from
hospital and TOS 6th Reserve Battalion at Seaford
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Jul 28, 1917
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TOS EORD at
Seaford
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Aug 28, 1917
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Placed On
Command to 1st CDD (Canadian Discharge Depot) pending return to Canada
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Sep 13, 1917
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Embarked the SS
Justicia at Liverpool
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Sep 25, 1917
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Disembarked at
Halifax Nova Scotia and proceeded to the Military Convalescent Hospital at Kingston
Ontario
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Oct 5, 1917
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Admitted to
Queen’s Military Hospital Kingston as an Out Patient
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Nov 19, 1917
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Transferred to
Belleville Ontario Military Hospital
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Nov 23, 1917
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Transferred to
Euclid Hall Orthopedic Hospital in Toronto Ontario
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Dec 20, 1917
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Returned to
Queen’s Military Hospital, Kingston, as an Out Patient
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Jan 29, 1918
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Operation for a
tendon transplant performed
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Mar 22, 1918
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Medical Board at
Queen’s Military Hospital at Kingston records his disability at 50%, but suggests
that it will gradually decrease.
Recommend
that he be discharged from the CEF as Medically Unfit, and that his condition is due to
service. The Board also recommended that his
condition be re-examined in 12 months
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Apr 15, 1918
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Discharged from
the CEF at Kingston Ontario
Intended
residence on discharge – Williamsburg Ontario
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Jan 7, 1919
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Married to
Margaret Barkley at Morrisburg Ontario
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Apr 16, 1921
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British War
Medal and Victory Medal sent to Williamsburg Ontario
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Jun 9, 1964
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Died at
Williamsburg Ontario
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