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Sep 21, 1893
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Born at Murray Township, Ontario (now part of
the city of Trenton)
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Feb 19. 1915
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Attested into the 39th Battalion at
Cobourg Ontario
Ø Number A12396 (later changed to 412396)
Ø Next of kin given as Albert Oscar Maybee (father) of Brighton Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Farmer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Wesleyan
Ø Assigned to “B” Company
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Jun 24, 1915
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Embarked the SS Missanabie at Montreal Quebec
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Jul 3, 1915
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Disembarked at Plymouth England and proceeded
to the Shorncliffe Camp
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Aug 7, 1915
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To be Acting Lance Sergeant with pay
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Sep 3, 1915
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Promoted to rank of Sgt
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Oct 9, 1915
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Attached to 5th CMR (Canadian
Mounted Rifles) and detailed for duty at Brigade Headquarters
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Nov 8, 1915
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Admitted to Moore Barracks Military Hospital
at Shorncliffe with Tonsillitis
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Nov 18, 1915
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Discharged to duty
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Dec 15, 1915
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TOS (Taken On Strength) of 17th
Brigade HQ (British Unit) Shorncliffe, as a clerk
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Mar 9, 1916
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Attached to 8th Brigade CFA
(Canadian Field Artillery) HQ Staff at Bramshott
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May 25, 1916
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Reverts to rank of Pte in order to proceed to
France, and proceeded to West Sandling Camp
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May 26, 1916
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TOS 21st Battalion on arrival at
CBD (Canadian Base Depot) Etaples France
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May 30, 1916
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Left CBD to join unit
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Jun 1, 1916
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Joined the 21st Battalion in the
field
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Dec 16, 1916
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Awarded Good Conduct Badge
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Dec 26, 1916
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Proceeded on Map Reading Course
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Jan 17, 1917
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Wounded in chin and sent to No 5 CFA (Canadian
Field Ambulance)
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Jan 18, 1917
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Returned to duty from 5 CFA
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Aug 4, 1917
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Admitted to No 22 CCS (Casualty Clearing
Station) with multiple shrapnel wounds to both legs and surgery performed to remove
foreign body
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Aug 10, 1917
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Admitted to No 11 General Hospital
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Aug 30, 1917
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Brighton
Posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot)
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Aug 31, 1917
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Admitted to 3rd Southern General
Hospital at Oxford
2 more operations performed to remove dead
bone
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Dec 25, 1917
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Transferred to Military Convalescent Hospital
at Woodcote Park
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Mar 13, 1918
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Transferred to No 5 Canadian General Hospital
at Kirkdale
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Apr 15, 1918
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Discharged from hospital and invalided to
Canada aboard the Hospital Ship Araguaya from Liverpool
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Apr 25, 1918
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Disembarked at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Apr 28, 1918
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TOS Queen’s Military Hospital Casualty
Company from the Clearing Depot
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Apr 29, 1918
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Granted leave with subsistence until May 13,
1918
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May 18, 1918
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Admitted to Queen’s University Military
Hospital at Kingston Ontario for treatment
Additional surgery performed to remove dead
bone from left leg
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May 31, 1918
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Granted leave with subsistence until June 4,
1918
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Jul 7, 1918
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Granted leave with subsistence until August 6,
1918
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Dec 23, 1918
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Granted leave with subsistence until December
30, 1918
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Jan 22, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF at Kingston Ontario
Ø Discharged as Medically Unfit
Ø Requires further medical treatment
Ø Proposed residence on discharge – Brighton Ontario
Ø Character described as “Honest, Sober and Conscientious”
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Jan 23, 1919
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Discharged from hospital
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Mar 29, 1919
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Married Gertrude Annie Farguharson at Kingston
Ontario
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Oct 23, 1920
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Deceased.
Buried in Jamaica, British West Indies (city and cemetery not known at this time)
Above from the Jamaican Gleaner, November 1, 1920
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Nov 7, 1923
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British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to FS
Douglas, Brighton Ontario
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