Dec 4, 1897

Born in Dunbar, Ontario to Roland and Rachel (nee Hayes) Marcellus

Oct 30, 1917

Medical exam for the MSA (Military Service Act) of 1917 held at Cornwall, Ontario

Jan 11, 1918

Conscripted into the 1^st Depot Battalion, EOR (Eastern Ontario Regiment) under the MSA in Kingston, Ontario

Ø  Number 3056049

Ø  Next of kin given as Urane Marcellus, mother, Dunbar, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Well Driller

Ø  No previous military experience given

Ø  Religion given as Presbyterian

Ø  Posted to the 3^rd Regimental Draft

Feb 21, 1918

The 3^rd Regimental Draft embarked the SS Melita in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Mar 4, 1918

Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded to Seaford where the draft was absorbed into the 6^th Reserve Battalion to continue training

Aug 9, 1918

Transferred to the 21^st Battalion

Sep 3, 1918

Admitted to the No. 8 CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) with a diagnosis that reads PUO (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin), sometimes referred to as Trench Fever.  It is recorded that he had been buried a week earlier by a shell explosion

Sep 5, 1918

Transferred to the No. 13 Canadian Field Ambulance

Sep 8, 1918

Transferred to the No. 23 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station)

Sep 10, 1918

Transferred to the No. 53 General Hospital in Boulogne, France

Oct 6, 1918

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship St. David

On arrival in England, he was admitted to the County of London War Hospital in Epsom

Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital

Oct 30, 1918

Transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Woodcote Park, Epsom

Dec 2. 1918

Discharged from hospital and transferred to the 6^th Reserve Battalion in Seaford

Granted 12 days sick leave

Jan 3, 1919

Attached to Military District No. 3 Wing in Kinmel Park, Rhyl pending return to Canada

Jan 19, 1919

Embarked the SS Aquitania in Liverpool

Jan 25, 1919

Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded to Ottawa, Ontario

Jan 27, 1919

Granted leave until February 10, 1919

Feb 21, 1919

Discharged from the CEF in Ottawa, Ontario

Ø  Rank on discharge Private

Ø  War Service Badge Class “A” issued number 81191

Ø  War Service Badge Class “B” issued number C-58920

Ø  Proposed residence on discharge Aultsville, Ontario

Following his discharge, the British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at Aultsville, Ontario

Dec 24, 1919

Married to Laura Gertrude Robertson in St. Lawrence County, New York, USA

May 20, 1959

Mercier Syrenius Marcellus died in Cornwall, Ontario and was buried in the Saint Lawrence Valley Cemetery, Long Sault, Ontario