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Feb 18, 1895
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Born at Windsor Ontario
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Mar 7, 1916
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Officer’s Declaration signed at Cornwall
Ontario for the 154th Battalion
Ø Given rank of Lieutenant
Ø Next of kin given as Allan Irwin (brother) of Cornwall Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Civil Engineer
Ø Previous military experience given as 3 years in the 5th
Field Coy, Canadian Engineers
Ø Religion given as Anglican
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May 8, 1916
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Proceeded to Kingston for Machine Gun course
Return date not
noted in file
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Jun 7, 1916
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Promoted to rank of Captain
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Oct 18, 1916
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Will made out which states “As stated in
my will in the hands of GA Irwin, Cornwall”
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Oct 25, 1916
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Embarked the SS Mauretania at Halifax
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Oct 31, 1916
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Disembarked at Liverpool England
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Jan 31, 1917
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Transferred to the 6th Reserve
Battalion at East Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent
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Mar 19, 1917
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Attached to the CTS (Canadian Training School)
at Bexhill and posted to No 1 Coy.
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Apr 28, 1917
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Completed and passed 1st Course at
CTS
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May 22, 1917
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Reverts to rank of Lieutenant at own request
in order to proceed to France to join the 21st Battalion
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May 26, 1917
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Arrived at 2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base
Depot) then proceeded to the 2nd Entrenching Battalion
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Jun 8, 1917
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Joined the 21st Battalion in the
field and assigned to “C” Company
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Aug 15, 1917
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Wounded and taken to No 4 CFA (Canadian Field
Ambulance) then transferred to No 6 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) with a shrapnel wound
to head and right side
Surgery was
performed at the CCS to remove a piece of shrapnel the size of the tip of little finger. The head wound was insignificant.
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Aug 22, 1917
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Transferred to No 6 AT (Ambulance Transport)
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Aug 23, 1917
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Transferred to No 20 General Hospital at
Camiers
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Sep 2, 1917
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Ville de Liege
TOS EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot)
and admitted to Daughters of the Empire Hospital at 1 Hyde Park Place, London
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Sep 18, 1917
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Walks with slight stoop, feels well
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Sep 19, 1917
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Medical Board makes note of wounds, that they
are healed and his general condition is good. The
Board recommends 2 months leave.
Discharged from hospital and granted leave
to Canada (at own expense) until November 19, 1917
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Oct 2, 1917
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Embarked the SS Scandinavian
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Oct 11, 1917
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Disembarked in Canada
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Oct 18, 1917
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Awarded the Military Cross, London Gazette
#30340 and 30561 for action at Hill 70 on August 15, 1917
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Nov 19, 1917
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Leave to Canada extended until December 3,
1917
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Dec 3, 1917
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Leave to Canada extended until January 16,
1918
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Dec 27, 1917
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SOS strength and establishment of 21st
Battalion
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Jan 16, 1918
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SOS EORD on being transferred to the CEF in
Canada
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Jan 16, 1918
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SOS OMFC (Overseas Military Force of Canada)
on being retained in Canada
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Apr 3, 1918
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SOS as being surplus to establishment at
Kingston Ontario and discharged from the CEF
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Mar 15, 1976
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Deceased
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