Dec 30, 1890

Born in Casselman, Ontario to George and Agnes (nee Hart) Daye

Dec 6, 1915

Taken On Strength 59^th Regiment, Stormont & Glengarry Highlanders

Feb 7, 1917

Attested into the Reinforcing Draft, 2^nd Battalion CEF in Mille Roches, Ontario

Ø  Number 2235308

Ø  Next of kin given as Addie M. Daye, wife, Mille Roches, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Cook

Ø  Previous military experience given as 59^th Regiment, Stormont & Glengarry Highlanders St. Lawrence Canal Patrol

Ø  Religion given as Presbyterian

 
On enlistment, he stated he had 3 children, Sarrah Beatrice, 5 years, Brian, 4 years, and Lawrence George, 3 months

Feb 19, 1917

Shown as transferred to the 2^nd Battalion Reinforcing Draft

Mar 26, 1917

Embarked the SS Saxonia in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Apr 7, 1917

Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded to Seaford where the draft was absorbed into the 6^th Reserve Battalion to continue training

Jun 19, 1917

Transferred to the 21^st Battalion

Jun 20, 1917

Arrived at the No. 2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot) in Etaples, France and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21^st Battalion

Jul 8, 1917

After leaving the base depot, he joined the 2^nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion in Hersin as part of a draft of 53 reinforcements destined to join the 21^st Battalion at the front

Aug 20, 1917

After leaving the entrenching battalion, Private Daye joined the 21^st Battalion resting in Fosse 10, near Villers au Bois, France

Nov 9, 1917

While out on a work party near Passchendaele, Belgium, he suffered the effects of gas exposure but carried on until a shell exploded near him that knocked him down and bruised his right hip as well as a slight shrapnel wound to his neck.  He was evacuated to the nearby casualty clearing station for treatment

Nov 11, 1917

Admitted to the No. 10 Canadian General Hospital in Rouen with diagnosis that reads contused right hip and a septic boil on his neck.  He stated that he had a piece of shrapnel removed from that boil before it became infected.  He also complained of a persistent cough since being slightly gassed earlier.

Nov 16, 1917

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Western Australia

 
On arrival in England he was admitted to the Military Camp Hospital in Hursley

 
Posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital

Dec 29, 1917

Transferred to the Military Convalescent Hospital in Epsom

Jun 25, 1918

Transferred to the No. 4 Canadian General Hospital in Basingstoke with a diagnosis that reads suspected Tuberculosis

 
The doctors could find no evidence of Tuberculosis

Aug 27, 1918

Transferred to the King’s Red Cross Special Hospital in Bushy Park and DAH (Disordered Activity of the Heart) was added to the diagnosis

Oct 9, 1918

Discharged from hospital with leave until October 21, 1918 and instructions to report to 3^rd CCD (Canadian Convalescent Depot) in Seaford on completion of leave

 
Attached to the 3^rd CCD

Nov 27, 1918

Discharged from the Canadian Convalescent Depot

Jan 5, 1919

Attached to the Concentration Camp in Rhyl pending return to Canada

Jan 18, 1919

Embarked the SS Aquitania in Liverpool

Jan 25, 1919

Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded to Kingston, Ontario

Jan 27, 1919

Posted to the MD #3 Casualty Company in Kingston

Jan 28, 1919

Granted leave with subsistence until February 10, 1919

Feb 15, 1919

Admitted to the Sydenham Military Hospital in Kingston with a diagnosis that reads Influenza and posted to the Hospital Section there

Feb 26, 1919

Discharged from hospital

 
Discharged from the CEF in Kingston, Ontario

Ø  Rank on discharge Private

Ø  War Service Badge Class “A” issued number 40335

Ø  Proposed residence on discharge Mille Roches, Ontario

Following his discharge, the British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at Wales, Ontario

Jun 1, 1921

Shown on the 1921 Census living in RR #1 Wales, Ontario (now flooded for the St. Lawrence Seaway) and his occupation is shown as Bridgeman

Jun 1, 1957

Canadian Voter List shows him living in Napanee, Ontario with his wife and lists his occupation as Gentleman

Nov 17, 1972

Died in Napanee, Ontario and buried in the Riverview Cemetery there.  Addie Daye died in 1984 and is buried alongside.