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Jun 17, 1888
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Born in Montreal, Quebec to John and Rebecca
Haughey
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Nov 6, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59438 (temporary number 768)
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. John Haughey, mother, 257 Hibernia Rd.,
Montreal, Quebec
Ø Previous occupation given as Labourer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Roman Catholic
Ø Assigned to “G” Company
o This was later reorganized into “D” Company
The battalion trained in the Kingston area
through the winter with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
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Feb 26, 1915
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Fined $6.00 and sentenced to 5 days detention
for Drunkenness
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Apr 10, 1915
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Sentenced to 15 days Detention for an
unspecified offence
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport, England and the
battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent to continue training
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Jul 18, 1915
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Reported to be AWL (Absent Without Leave)
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Jul 21, 1915
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Reported for duty and
sentenced to forfeit 4 day’s pay and restricted to half pay for 1 month
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Aug 31, 1915
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Reported to be AWL
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Sep 1, 1915
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Reported for duty and sentenced to forfeit 2 day’s
pay, 28 days Detention and restricted to half pay for 2 months for being drunk and absent
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne, France and the
battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Dec 13, 1915
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Sentenced to 7 days Field Punishment #1 for
being absent from camp when required for fatigue duty
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Feb 29, 1916
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Fined $5.00 and sentenced to 14 days extra
fatigue duty being drunk while on active service
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May 5, 1916
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Sentenced to 28 days Field Punishment #1 for
absence from billets and parade
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May 20, 1916
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His field punishment was reduced by 14 days for
“Meritorious Conduct and Bravery at St. Eloi
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Jul 3, 1916
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Sentenced to 14 days Field Punishment #1 for
being AWL and forfeited 2 days pay for his absence
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Jul 15, 1916
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Forfeited 1 day’s pay for absence
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Sep 15, 1916
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During the battalion’s advance on the sugar
refinery near Courcelette, Private Haughey was killed and subsequently buried in a nearby
field by his comrades. Following the war the
Imperial War Graves Commission could not locate his grave, and is now honoured on the
Canadian National Vimy Memorial in Vimy Ridge, France, for those who were killed in France
and have no known grave.
Following the war the 1914-15 Star, British War
Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent
to his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Haughey, 257 Hibernia Rd., Point St. Charles, Montreal, Quebec
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