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Jan 27, 1892
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Born in Ottawa Ontario
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Nov 7, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion at
Kingston Ontario
Ø Number 59264 (temporary number 853)
Ø Next of Kin given as Priscilla Dion of 53 Baird (Bard ?) St, Ottawa
Ontario
o Later changed to 32 Baird St.
Ø Previous occupation given as “Chauffeur”
Ø Previous military experience given as 43 DCOR “Duke of
Connaught’s Own Rangers”
Ø Religion given as “Roman Catholic”
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the SS Metagama at Montreal for
England
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in England and proceeded to West
Sandling Camp, near Hythe
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Sep 15, 1915
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Embarked at Folkestone and disembarked at
Boulogne France
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Mar 9, 1916
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Appointed to rank of Lance Corporal to replace
L/Cpl Brown (59107)
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May 15, 1916
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Promoted to Corporal to replace Cpl T James
(59501)
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Sep 15, 1916
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Wounded at the Somme (shrapnel wound to left
buttock)
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Sep 19, 1916
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Admitted to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples,
with a shrapnel wound to his left buttock. Shrapnel
removed and piece kept by soldier
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Sep 24, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Stad Antwerpen
Transferred to the CCAC (Canadian Casualty
Assembly Center) Folkestone
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Sep 26, 1916
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Transferred to the Northumberland War
Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne
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Dec 15, 1916
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Surgery performed to remove bone fragments
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Jan 27, 1917
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Transferred to the Convalescent Hospital at
Hillingdon House, Uxbridge
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Mar 1, 1917
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Transferred to Granville Canadian Hospital,
Ramsgate
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Mar 2, 1917
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Granted sick leave for 10 days
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Mar 10, 1917
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SOS (Struck Off Strength) CCAC on transfer to
EORD
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Mar 11, 1917
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TOS (Taken On Strength) EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) at Folkestone
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Mar 16, 1917
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Medical Board at PPCRCCH (Princess
Patricia’s Canadian Red Cross Hospital), Ramsgate
Ø Complains of pain in left leg
Ø Pressure on healed shrapnel wound in left buttock causes pain just
above the knee
Ø Left calf slightly smaller than right
Ø Board recommend that man be employed driving motor cars
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Mar 18, 1917
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Transferred to Princess Patricia’s Red
Cross Canadian Hospital, Ramsgate
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Mar 22, 1917
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Reported to EORD on discharge from hospital
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Nov 13, 1917
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On Command to OTC (Officer Training Corps),
Fleet Hants pending Commission
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Mar 26, 1918
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Granted a Temporary Commission in the Rifle
Brigade BEF and is SOS OMFC (Overseas Military Force Canada) and is discharged from the
CEF
Address on discharge – 23 Parsons
Green, London, SW6, England
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Dec 10, 1919
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Awarded the Military Cross, London Gazette
#31680
Note: this was awarded for action
while he was a member of the British Imperial Army
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Oct 14, 1933
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Deceased in Ottawa from illness
An
obituary from the January 1934 issue of the Communiqué
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