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Oct 26, 1891
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Born in
Edinburgh, Scotland to Alexander and Joanna (nee Liddle) Colquhoun
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Jul 19, 1915
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Shown on the
payroll for the Welland Canal Force of the 19th Lincoln Regiment, guarding the
canals and locks of the Welland Canal
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Aug 2, 1915
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Attested into
the 76th Battalion in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
Ø Number 141644
Ø Next of kin given as Robert Colquhoun, Main St., Port Dalhousie,
Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Labourer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
Ø Assigned to No. 12 Platoon, “C” Company
The battalion
began it’s training in the Niagara Camp at Niagara on the Lake, but in November of
1915 it moved to Camp Borden, Ontario to complete the training schedule.
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Dec 13, 1915
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Admitted to the
Barrie Hospital diagnosed with Bronchitis
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Dec 18, 1915
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Discharged to
duty from hospital
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Mar 13, 1916
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Married to
Margaret Myrtle Playfair (original family name Pifer) in Barrie, Ontario. Her family was from Germany and most likely wanted
to anglicize their family name due to the hostility towards Germany.
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Apr 23, 1916
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Embarked the
Empress of Britain in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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May 5, 1916
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Disembarked in
Liverpool, England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent
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Jun 28, 1916
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Transferred to
the 21st Battalion
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Jun 29, 1916
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Arrived at the
CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in the Rouelles Camp, Havre, France and TOS (Taken On Strength)
the 21st Battalion.
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Jul 12, 1916
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Left the CBD to
join the battalion
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Jul 13, 1916
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Joined the 21st
Battalion in billets in the Chippewa Camp near La Clytte.
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Sep 16, 1916
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During the
fighting at Courcelette, near the sugar refinery, which began the previous day, Private
Colquhoun, was killed in action and buried near where he fell and the location was
recorded.
When the war
ended, the Graves Registration Commission made the attempt to locate all the battlefield
burials to relocate them to organized cemeteries. Pte
Colquhoun’s grave could not be located and he is commemorated on the Canadian
National Vimy Memorial, Vimy Ridge, France.
Following the
war the British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and
Memorial Cross were sent to his widow, Mrs. M.M. Colquhoun, 2 Charles St., Barrie, Ontario
His widow
remarried in 1924 and died in Bowmanville, Ontario on May 30, 1933
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