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Dec 5, 1890
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Born in Almonte, Ontario to Michael and Ann (nee
Murphy) Hogan
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Oct 26, 1917
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Medical exam for the MSA (Military Service Act)
of 1917 held at Ottawa, Ontario
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Jan 23, 1918
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Conscripted into the 2nd Depot
Battalion, EOR (Eastern Ontario Regiment) under the MSA in Ottawa, Ontario
Ø Number 3320237
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. M.
Hogan, mother, Almonte, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Student
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Roman
Catholic
Ø Posted to the 2nd
Regimental Draft
He gave his birth year as 1894, not his actual
birth year of 1890
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Jan 30, 1918
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Appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal
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Feb 14, 1918
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Sentenced to 14 days detention, reduced in rank
to Private and forfeited a total of 20 day’s pay for an unrecorded offence
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Mar 24, 1918
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Embarked the SS Grampian in Halifax, Nova Scotia
as part of the 2nd Regimental Draft of the 2nd Depot Battalion, EOR
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Apr 3, 1918
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded
to Seaford where the draft was absorbed into the 6th Reserve Battalion to
continue training
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Jul 19, 1918
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Sentenced to 21 days Field Punishment No. 2 and
forfeited 21 day’s pay for failing to obey and order and insolence to an NCO
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Sep 4, 1918
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Sep 5, 1918
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Arrived at the CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base
Depot) in Etaples, France and Taken On Strength of the 21st
Battalion
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Sep 9, 1918
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After leaving the base depot, he joined the CC
Rein C (Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp) in Aubin St. Vaast, France
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Sep 12, 1918
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After leaving the reinforcement camp, Private Hogan
joined the 21st Battalion west of Cagnicourt, France as part of a
draft of 24 reinforcements and was posted to “C” Company
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Dec 13, 1918
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The 21st Battalion led the 2nd
Canadian Division across the Bonn Bridge to enter Germany as part of the
Occupying Force and proceeded to Sieburg
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Dec 18, 1918
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Attached to the 4th Canadian Infantry
Brigade for temporary duty
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Dec 22, 1918
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Rejoined the 21st Battalion in
Seigburg, Germany
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Apr 3, 1919
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Embarked the Western Australia in Havre, France
On arrival in England, he was attached to “P”
Wing in Witley pending return to Canada
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May 14, 1919
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Embarked the SS Caronia in Liverpool
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May 22, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded
to Kingston, Ontario by train
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May 24, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge Class “A”
issued number 277380
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Almonte, Ontario
Following his discharge, the British War Medal
and Victory Medals were sent to him at Almonte, Ontario
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Feb 4, 1930
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Married to Lillian Gertrude Waterhouse (a widow,
nee Cobham) in Ottawa, Ontario. He
gave his occupation as Newspaperman
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Feb 6, 1963
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Michael James Hogan died while a patient of the Queen Mary
Veteran’s Hospital in Montreal, Quebec and was buried in the Notre Dame
Cemetery in Montreal
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