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Jun 17, 1890
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Born in Pembroke, Ontario to Timothy and Alice
(Donahue) Lynch
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Aug 25, 1916
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Attested into the 240th Battalion CEF
in Renfrew, Ontario
Ø Number 1042094
Ø Next of kin given as Timothy
Lynch, father, Renfrew, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Labourer
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Roman
Catholic
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Feb 28, 1917
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Admitted to the Queen’s University Military
Hospital with a diagnosis that reads Gonorrhea
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Apr 4, 1917
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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May 21, 1917
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Transferred to the Special Service Battalion and
posted to the No. 3 Special Service Company in Kingston
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Oct 1, 1917
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Sentenced to 168 hours detention and forfeited 7
days pay for an unrecorded offence
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Dec 22, 1917
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Struck Off Strength as a Deserter
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Dec 29, 1917
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Reported for duty from being absent and sentenced
to 28 days detention
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Feb 15, 1918
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Forfeited 28 days pay for an unrecorded offence
Transferred to the 2nd Depot
Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment Sub Depot in Ottawa, Ontario
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Mar 7, 1918
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Sentenced to 4 days detention and forfeited 3
days pay for an unrecorded offence
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Mar 21, 1918
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Sentenced to 96 hours detention for an unrecorded
offence
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Apr 12, 1918
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Admitted to St. Lukes Hospital in Ottawa with a
diagnosis that reads Prostatic Disease and Gonorrhea treatment
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Apr 21, 1918
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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May 15, 1918
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Embarked the SS City of Marseilles in Montreal,
Quebec with the 8th Draft of the 2nd Depot Battalion,
Eastern Ontario Regiment
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Jun 5, 1918
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Disembarked in England and transferred to the 6th
Reserve Battalion in Seaford
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Sep 26, 1918
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Sep 27, 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 28, 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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Oct 3, 1918
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While still at the reinforcement camp, before he
could join the 21st Battalion at the front, he was transferred to
the 44th Battalion
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Oct 6, 1918
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After leaving the reinforcement camp, Private
Lynch joined the 44th Battalion near Douai, France as part of a
draft of 98 reinforcements
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Nov 1, 1918
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While in action near Famars, France, Private
Lynch received shrapnel wounds to his left leg and was evacuated to the No.
13 CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) for first aid before being transported to
the No. 6 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) where surgery was performed to
remove shrapnel
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Nov 5, 1918
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Transferred via No. 37 AT (Ambulance Train) and
admitted to the No. 56 General Hospital in Etaples, France
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Nov 7, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Stad Antwerpen
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the
Mile End Military Hospital, Bancroft Road, London
Transferred to the NBRD (New Brunswick Regimental
Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Nov 27, 1918
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Transferred to the Military Convalescent Hospital
in Woodcote Park, Epsom
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Jan 31, 1919
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Attached to the 2nd CCD (Canadian
Command Depot) in Ripon for physical training and exercise
Granted 12 days sick leave
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Feb 26, 1919
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Discharged from hospital care and transferred to
the 13th Reserve Battalion in Ripon
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Mar 15, 1919
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Reported to be AWL (Absent Without Leave)
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Apr 3, 1919
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Reported for duty from being absent
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Apr 9, 1919
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Sentenced to 19 days detention and forfeited 20
days pay for his absence
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May 14, 1919
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Transferred to Military District No. 3 Wing in
Kinmel Park, Rhyl pending return to Canada
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Jun 2, 1919
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Embarked the SS Lapland in Liverpool
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Jun 9, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded
to Ottawa, Ontario where he was Taken on Strength of Military District No. 3
Sub Depot
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Jun 11, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Ottawa, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge Class “A” issued number 192546
Ø Proposed residence on discharge Kingston, Ontario
Following his discharge, the British War Medal and Victory
Medals were sent to him at the GPO (General Post Office) Kingston, Ontario
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Sep 16, 1919
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Married to Beatrice Mathilda Code in Pembroke,
Ontario
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Mar 21, 1920
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Wife Beatrice, died in Pembroke, Ontario
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Dec 24, 1935
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Leslie Lynch died of degenerative Myocarditis
brought on by Cirrhosis of the Liver while a patient of the Ottawa Civic
Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario. He was
buried in the Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa
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