May 27, 1897

Born in Grand Valley, Ontario to Stephen Alfred and Flora May (nee White) Maguire

Feb 17, 1915

Attested into the 39^th Battalion CEF in Cobourg, Ontario

Ø     Number 412194

Ø     Next of kin given as his father Mr. Stephen Alfred Maguire, Campbellford, Ontario

Ø     Previous occupation given as student

Ø     Previous military experience – half C.O.C. in cadets

Ø     Religion given as Wesleyan

Jun 24, 1915

Embarked the S.S. Missanabie from Montreal, Quebec

Jul 3, 1915

Disembarked in Plymouth, England. The 39^th battalion became a reserve battalion

Aug 23, 1915

Private Maguire was T.O.S. (taken on strength) to the P and R. O. (Pay and Rations Office) in London

Oct 20, 1915

Admitted to the 4^th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, for V.D.G. (Venereal Disease Gonorrhea)

Nov 12, 1915

Discharged to duty

May 26, 1916

Transferred from P and R.O. to the 39^th battalion

May 27, 1916

Sentenced to 10 days F.P. #2 (field punishment) and pay deductions for being drunk

May 30, 1916

Admitted to Military Hospital in Shorncliffe for V.D.G.

Jun 6, 1916

Transferred and admitted to General Hospital in Bulford for V.D.G.

Jun 14, 1916

Discharged from Bulford Hospital

Jun 17, 1916

Admitted to military hospital in Shorncliffe for V.D.G.

Jul 27, 1916

Discharged

Aug 26, 1916

Private Maguire returned to the 39^th battalion

Aug 27, 1916

S.O.S. to reinforce the 21^st battalion

Aug 28, 1916

Arrived and T.O.S. of the 21^st Battalion at the C.B.D. (Canadian Base Depot) in Rouelles Camp, Havre, France

Sep 12, 1916

Left for the 2^nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion in Albert, France

Sep 16, 1916

Joined the 21^st Battalion during heavy fighting at the sugar factory, south of Courcelette, France

Dec 6, 1916

Admitted to the 13^th Canadian Field ambulance for P.U.O (pyrexia of unknown origin) often referred to as Trench Fever

Dec 7, 1916

Discharged to duty

Dec 11, 1916

Proceeded to Machine Gun Course

Apr 14, 1917

Admitted to the 3^rd Canadian General Hospital, France, for chilblains and trench foot due to exposure at Vimy Ridge, France

Apr 17, 1917

Invalided (sick) to England and posted to the E.O.R.D. (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes per Hospital Ship “Jan Breydel”

Admitted to the 1^st Western General Hospital, in Liverpool, for sore feet

Jul 27, 1917

Transferred to the War Hospital, Chester for sore feet

Aug 8, 1917

Discharged and transferred to the C.C.H. (Canadian Convalescent Hospital), Woodcote Park, Epsom

Sep 18, 1917

Proceedings of medical board in Epsom, Surrey given category ciii for sore feet. Likely to be raised in category in 6 months

Oct 8, 1917

Discharged and given furlough for 12 days whilst waiting to return to Canada

Oct 30, 1917

On command from the E.O.R.D. to the Canadian Discharge Depot (CDD) in Buxton

Nov 6, 1917

Private Maguire ceases to be on command and is S.O.S. (struck off strength) on return to Canada.  Embarked from Liverpool on the S.S. Olympic

Nov 14, 1917

Arrived and disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and proceeded to Quebec City, Quebec

Dec 1, 1917

T.O.S. No. 3 Special Service Company in Kingston, Ontario

Feb 21, 1918

Sentenced to 14 days Detention for an unrecorded offence

7 days of the sentence was remitted on appeal

Mar 19, 1918

Discharged from the CEF in Kingston, Ontario, Military

District #3. Fort Henry

Ø     Rank on discharge Private

Ø     Entitled to War Service Badge Class “A”

Ø     Proposed residence after discharge was Campbellford, Ontario

Following his discharge the British War Medal and the Victory Medals were sent to him in Campbellford, ON July 7, 1923

Oct 6, 1922

John Alfred Maguire married Hazel Arelia Jones in Vancouver, British Columbia

Sep 21, 1926

John Maguire sadly passed away at 29 years of age after being in a car accident in Oregon on his way home to California.  His wife survived the accident. They had no children. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in the Mining Engineering program in 1925 and is buried at the Masonic Cemetery in Burnaby B.C.