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Sep 21, 1891
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Born at Cartonel Lancashire England
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Jul 31, 1915
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Enlisted in the 42nd Lanark and
Renfrew Regiment at Smith’s Falls Ontario
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Aug 3, 1915
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Attested into the 77th Battalion at
Smith’s Falls Ontario
Ø Number 144519
Ø Next of kin given as Mary Lloyd (widowed mother) of 28 Glanville Ave.,
Fairbanks Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Press Feeder
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Methodist
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Oct 23, 1915
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Embarked the SS California at Quebec City,
Quebec
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Oct 31, 1915
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Disembarked at Plymouth England and proceeded
to Shorncliffe Camp
TOS (Taken On Strength) the 12th
Reserve Battalion
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Mar 15, 1916
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Mar 16, 1916
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Arrived at CBD (Canadian Base Depot) at Havre
France and TOS the 21st Battalion
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Mar 18, 1916
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Left CBD Havre for the 21st
Battalion
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Mar 21, 1916
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Joined the 21st Battalion in the
field
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Sep 17, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Maheno with gun shot wound to right thigh
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Sep 18, 1916
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Admitted to No 1 Southern General Hospital at
Birmingham
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Oct 30, 1916
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Transferred to Canadian Convalescent Hospital
at Epsom
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Nov 13, 1916
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Discharged from hospital to Convalescent Depot
at Shoreham for Physical Training
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Nov 15, 1916
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TOS CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre)
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Nov 16, 1916
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Attached to the CCD (Canadian Convalescent
Depot) and admitted to St Leonard’s Hospital
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Dec 15, 1916
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Medical Board held at St Leonard’s on the
Sea
Ø Patient has healed
Ø Declared fit for duty and classified “A1”
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Dec 21, 1916
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TOS 1st CCTB (Canadian Corps
Training Battalion) at Hastings
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Jan 24, 1917
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TOS 6th Reserve Battalion
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Mar 6, 1917
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TOS 21st Battalion but remained at
Seaford
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Mar 31, 1917
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Left for 2nd Entrenching Battalion
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Apr 2, 1917
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Joined the 2nd Entrenching
Battalion
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Apr 16, 1917
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Left to join unit
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Apr 17, 1917
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Joined the 21st Battalion in the
field
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Aug 24, 1917
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Appointed to rank of Lance Corporal
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Aug 29, 1917
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To 1st Army Rest Camp
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Sep 10, 1917
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Rejoined Battalion from Rest Camp
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Nov 2, 1917
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Awarded the Military Medal, London Gazette
#30364
Description
of action supplied by S Nichol
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Dec 1, 1917
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Promoted to rank of Corporal
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Dec 26, 1917
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Granted 14 days leave
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Jan 11, 1918
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Returned from leave
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Jul 7, 1918
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Appointed to rank of Lance Sergeant
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Aug 28, 1918
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Admitted to No 8 CFA (Canadian Field
Ambulance) then transferred to CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) with wound to left hand
from a machine gun bullet and suffering from effects of gas during the attack at Arras
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Sep 1, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Pieter de Coninck
Posted to EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental
Depot)
Admitted to Central Military Hospital, Fort
Pitt, Chatham
X-ray dated September 6 shows a
comminuted fracture (the bone is shattered) in the little finger of the left hand
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Sep 3, 1918
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Transferred to No 11 Canadian General
Hospital, Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe
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Oct 17, 1918
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Transferred to Military Convalescent Hospital
at Epsom
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Oct 23, 1918
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Discharged from hospital and placed On Command
to 1st CCD at Witley
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Nov 1, 1918
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Admitted to 1st CCD from Epsom
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Nov 15, 1918
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Ceases to be On Command to CCD and posted to 6th
Reserve Battalion
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Dec 13, 1918
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On Command to Kinmel Park, Rhyl, pending
despatch to Canada
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Jan 12, 1919
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SOS Rhyl on proceeding to Canada
Embarked the Empress of Britain at
Liverpool
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Jan 13, 1919
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TOS No 2 District Depot Toronto
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Jan 22, 1919
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Disembarked at Halifax Nova Scotia
Posted to the Exhibition Camp Casualty
Company (Toronto)
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Jan 27, 1919
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Granted leave with subsistence until February
11, 1919
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Feb 11, 1919
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Awarded Bar to Military Medal, London Gazette
#31173
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Feb 17, 1919
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Medical Board at Exhibition Camp, Toronto,
notes:
Ø Wounded in left hand by machine gun bullet, Aug 28, 1918
Ø Partial loss of function of left little finger
Ø Was also wounded by gun shot to right thigh (no disability or lasting
effects)
Ø Will not be able to resume former employment as he was used to
Ø Feels that he would be better off if the finger was amputated
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Feb 21, 1919
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SOS DD#2 on being discharged from the CEF at
Toronto Ontario
Ø War Service Badge Class “A” issued, No 89620
Ø Proposed residence on discharge – 92 Lavina Ave., Swansea
(Toronto) Ontario
Ø Entitled to WSG (War Service Gratuity)
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Aug 27, 1921
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British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to
him at 92 Lavina Ave., Swansea (Toronto) Ontario
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Nov 6, 1982
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Deceased at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto
Ontario
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