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Jul 6, 1894
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Born in Arnprior, Ontario to Charles and Bridget
(nee Murphy) Marcellus
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Oct 30, 1917
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Medical exam for the MSA (Military Service Act)
of 1917 held at Arnprior, Ontario
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Mar 6, 1918
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Conscripted into the 1st Depot
Battalion, EOR (Eastern Ontario Regiment) under the MSA in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 3056887
Ø Next of kin given as Charles
Marcellus, father, Box 272 Arnprior, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Labourer
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Roman
Catholic
Ø Posted to the 4th
Regimental Draft
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Mar 17, 1918
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Forfeited 8 day’s pay for an unrecorded offence
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Apr 17, 1918
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The depot’s 4th draft embarked the SS
Toloa in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Apr 28, 1918
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Disembarked in England and proceeded to Seaford
where the entire draft was absorbed into the 6th Reserve Battalion
to continue training
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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, and 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 Marcellus
joined the 44th Battalion west of Douai, France
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Oct 20, 1918
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During fighting while attempting to cross the de
L’Escaut Canal at Bouchain, France, Private Marcellus received a bullet wound
to his chest that fractured 2 ribs. He
was evacuated to a field ambulance for first aid before being transported to
the No. 1 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station).
Surgery was performed here to resect the ribs and repair damage to
muscles.
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Oct 27, 1918
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Transferred to the No. 14 General Hospital in Wimereux,
France
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Oct 30, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship St.
Denis
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the No.
4 General Hospital in Basingstoke
Transferred to the NBRD (Nova Scotia Regimental
Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Jan 23, 1919
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Transferred to the Princess Patricia Canadian Red
Cross Hospital in the Cooden Camp, Bexhill
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Feb 4, 1919
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Discharged from hospital and transferred to the 13th
Reserve Battalion in Ripon
Granted 10 days sick leave
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Feb 28, 1919
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Transferred to Military District No. 3 Wing in
Kinmel Park, Rhyl pending return to Canada
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Mar 19, 1919
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Embarked the SS Minnekahda in Liverpool
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Mar 28, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded
to Ottawa, Ontario
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Mar 29, 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 230577
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Arnprior, Ontario
Following his discharge, the British War Medal
and Victory Medals were sent to him at Harriet St., Arnprior, Ontario
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May 19, 1920
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Married to Anna Mary Savard in Arnprior, Ontario
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Jan 28, 1944
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George Leo Marcellus died while a patient of the
Ottawa, Ontario Civic Hospital of heart failure brought on by kidney disease
and was buried in the St. John's
Chrysostom Cemetery, Malloch Road, Arnprior,
Ontario
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