Dec 6, 1881 |
Born at Ottawa Ontario
(Birth date was given in a later
medical document as December 6, 1883)
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Nov 9, 1914 |
Attested into the 21st 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 43rd Regiment DCOR,
and the Royal Canadian Regiment
Ø Stated to be single
Ø Religion given as “Church of England”
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May 6, 1915 |
Embarked the SS Metagama at Montreal for
England
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May 15, 1915 |
Disembarked in England and proceeded to West
Sandling Camp, near Hythe
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Jul 1, 1915 |
Promoted to Warrant Officer 2nd
Class and appointed to be Company Sergeant Major
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Sep 14, 1915 |
Embarked at Folkestone for Boulogne, France
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Jan 12, 1916 |
Granted a Commission and promoted to Temporary
Lieut
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May 8, 1916 |
Granted leave
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Sep 15, 1916 |
Admitted to No 11 CCS (Casualty Clearing
Station) Officer’s Hospital with shrapnel wounds to right arm and back
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Sep 17, 1916 |
Admitted to No 7 Stationary Hospital Boulogne,
then invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship St Denis
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Sep 19, 1916 |
Admitted to the Fort Pitt Military Hospital,
Chatham
TOS (Taken On Strength) General List
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Nov 6, 1916 |
Discharged from hospital
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Dec 19, 1916 |
Leave recommended by Medical Board until
January 9, 1917
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Jan 2, 1917 |
Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette #29890
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Jan 26, 1917 |
SOS General List on proceeding overseas to
join the 21st Battalion
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Jan 28. 1917 |
TOS 21st Battalion as a
reinforcement
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Feb 13, 1917 |
Left for the 2nd Canadian
Entrenching Battalion
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Mar 3, 1917 |
Rejoined the 21st Battalion to act
as Brigade Bombing Officer
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Apr 2, 1917 |
To be Temp Captain to replace Capt SL
Cunningham
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Jul 18, 1917 |
Awarded the Military Cross, London Gazette
#30188
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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
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Aug 19, 1917 |
Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Stad Antwerpen and detached to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot)
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Aug 20, 1917 |
TOS EORD on being admitted to the Royal Free
Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, London
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Aug 31, 1917 |
Discharged from Hospital and given 30 days
leave
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Oct 1, 1917 |
Granted 3 week extension to leave
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Oct 23, 1917 |
Declared unfit for service for 1 month and
leave extended
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Nov 28, 1917 |
TOS 6th Reserve Battalion
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Dec 14, 1917 |
On Command at Argyle House, London
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Dec 21, 1917 |
On course at Eastern Command School of
Musketry, Hythe
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Jan 26, 1918 |
Qualified as 1st Class Instructor
on the 42nd Rifle Course
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Feb 3, 1918 |
Admitted to Eastern General Hospital Brighton
with complications from gun shot wound to hand
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Mar 3, 1918 |
Admitted to Granville Convalescent Hospital at
Buxton
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Mar 8, 1918 |
SOS 6th Reserve Battalion on
posting to EORD
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Apr 4, 1918 |
Admitted to Canadian Convalescent Hospital,
Matlock, Bath
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Apr 15, 1918 |
SOS EORD on posting to 6th Reserve
Battalion
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Apr 22, 1918 |
Discharged from hospital
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Jul 23, 1918 |
On Command at Frensham Pond Segregation Camp
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Aug 11, 1918 |
On Command New Segregation Area, Witley
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Oct 18, 1918 |
Ceases to be on Command, Witley
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Jan 6, 1919 |
SOS 6th Reserve Battalion on
posting to EORD and detached to Kinmel Park
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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:
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Jun 6, 1919 |
SOS “C” Wing Kinmel Park and TOS
“C” Wing, Rhyl (MD No 5) and appointed Second in Command
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Jul 12, 1919 |
SOS MD No 5 on proceeding to EORD
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Jul 22, 1919 |
SOS EORD on proceeding to “M” Wing
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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
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Aug 13, 1919 |
SOS OMFC (Overseas Military Force Canada) on
proceeding to Canada
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Aug 24, 1919 |
SOS the CEF on being demobilized
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Mar 24, 1920 |
TOS No 3 District Depot, Kingston, on being
appointed as Adjutant
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Jun 30, 1920 |
SOS on being demobilized from MD No 3
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May 17, 1936 |
Deceased
Prospect
Cemetery
Toronto
Ontario |
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