Maurice Hiram Kennedy


Mar 10, 1895

Born Cornwall, Ontario to David and Mary (nee Carr) Kennedy

 

Nov 4, 1914

Attested into the 21st Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario

Ø  Number 592

Ø  Next of kin given as Mrs. D Kennedy, mother, Cornwall, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Bell Telephone worker

Ø  Previous military experience given as 59th Regiment for 8 weeks

Ø  Religion given as Church of England

Ø  Posted to “E” Company

o   This was later reorganized into “C” Company

 

Apr 28, 1915

Medical exam in Kingston notes

Ø  Man suffers from flat feet

Ø  Steel arch supports have been supplied but his feet are very painful when marching

Ø  It is recommended that he be discharged from military service as Medically Unfit

 

May 4, 1915

Struck off strength of the battalion as being Medically Unfit

 

Nov 26, 1919

Married to Muriel Victoria McDonald in Cornwall, Ontario

 

Jan 25, 1969

Maurice Hiram Kennedy died in his home in Ottawa and was buried in the Saint Lawrence Valley Cemetery, Long Sault, Ontario

 

 


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