Jul 28, 1893 |
Born at Coe Hill
Ontario
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Mar 8, 1916 |
Attested into
the 155th Battalion at Stirling Ontario
Ø Number 636807
Ø Next of kin given as Daisy Bernice Gilroy (wife) of Stirling Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Laborer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
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Oct 18, 1916 |
Embarked the SS
Northland at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Oct 28, 1916 |
Disembarked at
Liverpool England
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Dec 8, 1916 |
TOS (Taken On
Strength) the 154th Battalion
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Jan 28, 1917 |
TOS the 156th
Battalion
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Feb 23, 1917 |
Admitted to
hospital at Aldershot with Mumps
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Mar 19, 1917 |
Discharged from
hospital to duty
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Jul 23, 1917 |
Admitted to
hospital at Bramshott sick
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Sep 14, 1917 |
Discharged from
hospital to duty and transferred to the 6th Reserve Battalion
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Mar 13, 1918 |
TOS the 6th
Reserve Battalion at Seaford
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Apr 11, 1918 |
Arrived at CBD
(Canadian Base Depot) at Havre, France and TOS 21st Battalion
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Apr 27, 1918 |
Joined the 21st
Battalion in the field
The Battalion was in the front line
trench near Neuville Vitasse
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Aug 8, 1918
Killed in Action
He buried in the Toronto Cemetery, Demiun, France
The town of Stirling Ontario has memorialized him on their WW1
Memorial
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