Dec 6, 1881

Born at Ottawa Ontario

(Birth date was given in a later medical document as December 6, 1883)

Nov 9, 1914

Attested into the 21^st Battalion at Kingston Ontario 

Ø      Number 59240 (Temporary number 827), rank of Private

Ø      Next of Kin given as Mrs Robert Davidson (aunt) of 95 Henderson Ave., Ottawa Ontario

Ø      Occupation given as “Machinery Salesman”

Ø      Previous military experience given as 43^rd Regiment DCOR, and the Royal Canadian Regiment

Ø      Stated to be single

Ø      Religion given as “Church of England”

May 6, 1915

Embarked the SS Metagama at Montreal for England

May 15, 1915

Disembarked in England and proceeded to West Sandling Camp, near Hythe

Jul 1, 1915

Promoted to Warrant Officer 2^nd Class and appointed to be Company Sergeant Major

Sep 14, 1915

Embarked at Folkestone for Boulogne, France

Jan 12, 1916

Granted a Commission and promoted to Temporary Lieut

May 8, 1916

Granted leave

Sep 15, 1916

Admitted to No 11 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) Officer’s Hospital with shrapnel wounds to right arm and back

Sep 17, 1916

Admitted to No 7 Stationary Hospital Boulogne, then invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship St Denis

Sep 19, 1916

Admitted to the Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham 

TOS (Taken On Strength) General List

Nov 6, 1916

Discharged from hospital

Dec 19, 1916

Leave recommended by Medical Board until January 9, 1917

Jan 2, 1917

Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette #29890

Jan 26, 1917

SOS General List on proceeding overseas to join the 21^st Battalion

Jan 28. 1917

TOS 21^st Battalion as a reinforcement

Feb 13, 1917

Left for the 2^nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion

Mar 3, 1917

Rejoined the 21^st Battalion to act as Brigade Bombing Officer

Apr 2, 1917

To be Temp Captain to replace Capt SL Cunningham

Jul 18, 1917

Awarded the Military Cross, London Gazette #30188

Aug 15, 1917

Wounded by shell fragments, wound to left hand and taken to Field Ambulance and then transferred to No 1 Red Cross Hospital, then transferred to Duchess of Westminster Hospital at Le Touquet

Aug 19, 1917

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Stad Antwerpen and detached to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot)

Aug 20, 1917

TOS EORD on being admitted to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, London

Aug 31, 1917

Discharged from Hospital and given 30 days leave

Oct 1, 1917

Granted 3 week extension to leave

Oct 23, 1917

Declared unfit for service for 1 month and leave extended

Nov 28, 1917

TOS 6^th Reserve Battalion

Dec 14, 1917

On Command at Argyle House, London

Dec 21, 1917

On course at Eastern Command School of Musketry, Hythe

Jan 26, 1918

Qualified as 1^st Class Instructor on the 42^nd Rifle Course

Feb 3, 1918

Admitted to Eastern General Hospital Brighton with complications from gun shot wound to hand

Mar 3, 1918

Admitted to Granville Convalescent Hospital at Buxton

Mar 8, 1918

SOS 6^th Reserve Battalion on posting to EORD

Apr 4, 1918

Admitted to Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Matlock, Bath

Apr 15, 1918

SOS EORD on posting to 6^th Reserve Battalion

Apr 22, 1918

Discharged from hospital

Jul 23, 1918

On Command at Frensham Pond Segregation Camp

Aug 11, 1918

On Command New Segregation Area, Witley

Oct 18, 1918

Ceases to be on Command, Witley

Jan 6, 1919

SOS 6^th Reserve Battalion on posting to EORD and detached to Kinmel Park

Jan 8, 1919

To be Acting Major while Second in Command of “C” Wing at Kinmel Park MD (Military District) No 2 

Note:  While Second in Command at Kinmel Park, many of the troops present were dissatisfied that they were not being sent home quick enough, and a riot took place on the night of March 4/5 1919.  The following is from the Court of Enquiry: 

Jun 6, 1919

SOS “C” Wing Kinmel Park and TOS “C” Wing, Rhyl (MD No 5) and appointed Second in Command

Jul 12, 1919

SOS MD No 5 on proceeding to EORD

Jul 22, 1919

SOS EORD on proceeding to “M” Wing

Jul 28, 1919

Medical Board at Witley 

Ø      His year of birth is recorded as 1883 rather than 1881 as is shown on his Attestation Papers

Ø      His injuries are listed as compound fracture middle finger, left hand along with contusion to little finger left hand, Dupetryen’s Contracture of both hands, and a concussion with deafness

Ø      His general condition is listed as good

Ø      He has stiffness of middle finger left hand, both hand are slightly contracted due to the Dupetryen’s Disease, and his hearing is defective

Ø      The injuries to his left hand occurred August 1917 by bullet wound

Ø      The contraction of his hands has occurred gradually over a period of years

Ø      His hearing has been defective since being blown up by a shell in September of 1916 when his ear drum was perforated.

Ø      No further treatment is recommended

Aug 13, 1919

SOS OMFC (Overseas Military Force Canada) on proceeding to Canada

Aug 24, 1919

SOS the CEF on being demobilized

Mar 24, 1920

TOS No 3 District Depot, Kingston, on being appointed as Adjutant

Jun 30, 1920

SOS on being demobilized from MD No 3

May 17, 1936

Deceased

Prospect Cemetery

Toronto Ontario