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Aug 10, 1896
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Born in Clinton, Ontario to John and Mary (nee
Ashton) Mason
Following his father’s death, his mother married
James Jewel
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Nov 7, 1917
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Medical exam for the MSA (Military Service Act)
of 1917 held at Goderich, Ontario
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Jan 7, 1918
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Conscripted into the 1st Depot
Battalion, WOR (Western Ontario Regiment) under the MSA in London, Ontario
Ø Number 3130749
Ø Next of kin given as Elizabeth
Jewell, mother, Goderich, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Carpenter
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
Ø Posted to the 7th
Regimental Draft
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Feb 14, 1918
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Admitted to the Amasa Wood (CAMC) Hospital in St.
Thomas, Ontario with a diagnosis that reads Gonorrhea
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Feb 25, 1918
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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Apr 16, 1918
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The 7th Draft embarked the SS Scotian
in Halifax
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Apr 28, 1918
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded
to Witley where the draft was absorbed into the 4th Reserve
Battalion
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Sep 20, 1918
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Transferred to the 1st Battalion
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Sep 23, 1918
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Arrived at the CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in Etaples, France and
Taken On Strength of the 1st Battalion
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Sep 25, 1918
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After leaving the base depot, he joined the CCRC
(Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp) in Aubin St. Vaast, France
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Sep 29, 1918
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While still at the reinforcement camp, he was
transferred to the 21st Battalion before he could join the 1st
Battalion at the front
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Oct 2, 1918
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After leaving the reinforcement camp, Private
Mason joined the 21st Battalion at the front on the Hindenburg
Support Line and was posted to “A” Company
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Nov 23, 1918
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Sentenced to 21 days Field Punishment No. 1 for
being drunk on November 21, 1918
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Dec 13, 1918
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The 21st Battalion led the 2nd
Canadian Division across the Bonn Bridge to enter Germany as part of the
Occupying Force and proceeded to Sieburg
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Feb 19, 1919
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Admitted to the No. 6 CFA (Canadian Field
Ambulance) with a diagnosis that reads VDG (Venereal Disease Gonorrhea). He was transported the same day to the No.
55 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station)
The diagnosis was later changed to Orchitis due
to being kicked in the groin while playing football (soccer) in Ham Sur
Sambre, Belgium
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Feb 22, 1919
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Transferred to the No. 54 General Hospital in
Aubengue, France
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Feb 26, 1919
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Jan
Breydel
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the
General Military Hospital in Colchester
Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Mar 6, 1919
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Transferred to the Military Convalescent Hospital
in Epsom
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Mar 31, 1919
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Discharged from hospital and transferred to the 6th
Reserve Battalion in Seaford
Granted 12 days sick leave
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Apr 12, 1919
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Transferred to Military District Wing No. 2 at
Kinmel Park, Rhyl pending return to Canada
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May 3, 1919
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Embarked the SS Mauretania in Southampton
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May 9, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded
to Toronto, Ontario where he was Taken On Strength of Military District No. 2
Depot in the Exhibition Camp
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May 11, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Toronto, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge Class “A”
issued number 283375
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Goderich, Ontario
Following his discharge, the British War Medal
and Victory Medals were sent to him at Goderich, Ontario
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Dec 26, 1919
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Married to Esther Elizabeth Fisher in Goderich,
Ontario
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Dec 24, 1925
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Edward and Esther divorced in Wayne, Michigan,
USA
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Aug 6, 1930
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Edward Thomas Mason died of Acute Alcoholism
while a patient of the Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario and was buried in
the Colborne Cemetery, Saltford, Ontario
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