Herbert Rae Kincaid MC

 

 

May 19, 1894

Born at Athens Ontario

 

Sep 16, 1915

Shown on the payroll of the 41st Regiment, Brockville Rifles

 

Sep 17, 1915

Attested into the 80th Battalion at Brockville Ontario 

Ø      Number 219521

Ø      Next of kin given as Miss Esther Kincaid (sister) of 616 Cooper St., Ottawa Ontario

Ø      Previous occupation given as Student

Ø      No previous military experience given

Ø      Religion given as Presbyterian

Ø      Assigned to “B” Company

 

Sep 18, 1915

Transferred to 80th Battalion CEF

 

Nov 29, 1915

Discharged the CEF to attend PSI (Post Secondary Instruction)

 

May 5, 1916

Officer’s Declaration signed at Lyndhurst Ontario in the 156th Battalion 

Ø      Given rank of Lieutenant

Ø      Present address given as 51 James St., W., Brockville Ontario

Ø      Next of kin given as Miss Esther Kincaid (sister) of 616 Cooper St., Ottawa Ontario

Ø      Previous occupation given as Reporter

Ø      Previous military experience given as 2 months 80th Battalion

 

Aug 18, 1916

Medical exam at Barriefield Camp, Kingston

 

Aug 25, 1916

Embarked the SS Olympic at Halifax as part of an Officer’s Draft to England

  

 

Aug 30, 1916

Disembarked at Liverpool England, TOS the General List and posted to CM (Canadian Military) School, Shorncliffe, Kent

 

Oct 26, 1916

Proceeded to France to join the 21st Battalion

 

Oct 27, 1916

Arrived at CBD (Canadian Base Depot) and TOS (Taken On Strength)

 

Oct 29, 1916

TOS 21st Battalion

 

Oct 31, 1916

Joined the 21st Battalion in the field

 

Nov 1, 1916

Admitted to No 5 CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) with Gonorrhea

 

Nov 2, 1916

Transferred to No 22 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) then transferred to No 1 British Red Cross Hospital

 

Nov 6, 1916

Transferred via No 26 AT (Ambulance Transport) and admitted to Duchess of Westminster Hospital, Le Touquet

 

Nov 7, 1916

Transferred to No 39 General Hospital, Havre

 

Dec 13, 1916

Discharged from hospital to CBD Reinforcements at Harfleur

 

Dec 14, 1916

TOS CBD

 

Dec 16, 1916

Left CBD to rejoin the 21st Battalion

 

Dec 26, 1916

Proceeded on Bombing Course

 

Dec 29, 1916

Admitted to No 6 CFA with PUO (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin, which in fact is a fever)

 

Dec 31, 1916

Transferred to DRS (Divisional Rest Station)

 

Jan 2, 1917

Discharged to duty

 

Jan 18, 1917

At duty with 21st Battalion from hospital

 

Feb 25, 1917

Proceeded on Lewis Gun and Bombing Course

 

Apr 3, 1917

Approved to be attached to RFC (Royal Flying Corps) for duty as an Observer on Probation

 

Apr 9, 1917

First reported missing believed wounded, then found and admitted to No 5 Field Ambulance with a Shrapnel Wound to right thigh then transferred to the CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) at La Pugnoy

 

Apr 10, 1917

Admitted to No 7 General Hospital at Boulogne 

Ø      Surgery performed to remove shrapnel

 

Apr 13, 1917

Invalided aboard the SS Princess Elizabeth to England and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wadsworth, London SW

  

TOS General List and detached to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot)

 

May 21, 1917

Medical Board declares him unfit for any service for 3 weeks 

TOS EORD and posted to the Depot Coy

 

May 23, 1917

Discharged from hospital

 

Jun 11, 1917

Medical Board determines him to be unfit for General Service for 1 month, but is fit for Home Service.  (duty in England)

 

Jun 12, 1917

On reporting for duty is TOS EORD

Jul 7, 1917

Proceeded on course at RFC School of Military Aeronautics at Reading

 

Nov 20, 1917

Arrived in France for duty with the RFC, 11 Squadron

 

Nov 21, 1917

Seconded to RFC

 

Jan 5, 1918

Sent to England for Temporary Duty

 

Jan 8, 1918

To be Flying Officer (Observer) with seniority to November 21, 1917

 

Jan 16, 1918

Returned to 11 Squadron

 

Mar 12, 1918

Granted 14 days leave

 

Mar 24, 1918

Rejoined Squadron from leave

 

May 17, 1918

Wounded right knee in plane crash

 

May 20, 1918

Admitted to No 2 British Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, with inflamed knee joint

 

May 21, 1918

Invalided to England aboard the Carisbrook Castle with infected knee and posted to EORD

 

May 23, 1918

Admitted to Reading War Hospital, Reading

 

Jun 18, 1918

Admitted to Canadian Officer’s Convalescent Hospital at Matlock, Bath

 

Jun 22, 1918

Awarded the Military Cross, London Gazette #30761

  

 

Jun 29, 1918

Discharged from hospital

 

Jul 2, 1918

Medical Board at Hampstead  

Ø      Injury caused by plane crash

Ø      Knee has healed with no disability

Ø      Recommends 3 weeks leave then return to duty

Ø      Note is made that he wishes to become a pilot

 

Jul 3, 1919

Ceases to be Seconded to RFC

 

Jul 4, 1919

Relinquishes Commission (Flying Officer Observer) on ceasing to be employed

 

Jul 12, 1919

TOS “M” Wing pending return to Canada

 

Aug 13, 1919

SOS OMFC (Overseas Military Force of Canada) on returning to Canada 

TOS MD#3 Kingston

 

Aug 23, 1919

Disembarked in Canada

 

Aug 26, 1919

Discharged from the CEF on General Demobilization

 

Jul 10, 1920

British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to 616 Cooper St., Ottawa Ontario, by the British Air Ministry 

 

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