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Aug 13, 1887
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Born in Belfast, Ireland
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Dec 20, 1908
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Married to Georgina Ena Hope Gibbons in Belfast,
Ireland
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Nov 5, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59738 (temporary number 673)
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. T. McQueen, wife, Dundas, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Shoemaker
Ø Previous military experience given as Royal Irish Rifles for 5
years
Ø Religion given as Church of England
Ø Posted to “F” Company
o This was later reorganized into “C” Company
The 21st Battalion trained in the Kingston, Ontario
area through the winter of 1914-15.
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Dec 14, 1914
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Admitted to the Kingston Hospital with a diagnosis that reads
Diarrhoea
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Dec 15, 1914
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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May 1, 1915
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Posted to the Depot Company and to receive working pay as
Shoemaker
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport, England and the
battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent to continue
training
Thomas McQueen’s wife Georgina, followed her
husband and resided in Lyminge, England at first, then moved to Belfast,
Ireland for the remainder of the war
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Jul 1, 1915
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Forfeited 1 day’s pay for being absent
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Sep 2, 1915
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Posted to “C” Company
He was later posted to the Quartermaster Section
to be employed as the battalion’s Cobbler/Shoemaker
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne, France and the battalion
proceeded to St. Omer
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Jan 18, 1916
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Admitted to the No. 5 CFA (Canadian Field
Ambulance) at Godewaersvelde, France with a diagnosis that reads Hemorrhoids
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Jan 19, 1916
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Discharged to duty from the field ambulance
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Feb 14, 1916
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Granted 9 days leave
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Feb 23, 1916
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Rejoined the battalion from leave
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Nov 5, 1916
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Awarded the Good Conduct Badge
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Jul 27, 1917
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Granted 10 days leave
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Aug 11, 1917
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Rejoined the battalion from leave
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Nov 20, 1917
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While assisting a lorry driver on the road
between Steenwerck and Bailleul, France, Private McQueen was knocked down by
a passing motorcycle and received severe bruising to his right hip and
back. He was evacuated to the No. 7
Australian Field Ambulance for first aid.
Of interest, the motorcycle driver was Private Herbert Henry Harvey,
number 9045, an Australian serving with the No. 7 Australian Field Ambulance
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Nov 30, 1917
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Discharged to duty from the field ambulance
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Feb 21, 1918
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Granted 14 days leave
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Mar 9, 1918
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Rejoined the battalion from leave
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Dec 13, 1918
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The 21st Battalion led the 4th
Brigade across the Bonn Bridge to enter Germany as part of the Occupying
Force. Once in Germany, the battalion
proceeded to billets in Seigburg
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Jan 18, 1919
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Granted 14 days leave
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Feb 15, 1919
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Rejoined the battalion from leave
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Mar 19, 1919
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Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) and proceeded to Seaford, England
Granted leave until April 3, 1919 to arrange for
his family join him for the journey to Canada
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Apr 3, 1919
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Posted to the Depot Company of the Eastern
Ontario Regimental Depot in Seaford
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May 13, 1919
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Attached to the CDD (Canadian Discharge Depot) in
Buxton pending return to Canada
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Jul 5, 1919
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Embarked the SS Tunisian in Liverpool with his wife
and 2 children
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Jul 15, 1919
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Disembarked in Quebec City, Quebec
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Jul 16, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Quebec City, Quebec
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge Class “A”
issued number 329502
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Dundas, Ontario
Following his discharge, the 1914-15 Star,
British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him c/o General Post
Office, Kingston, Ontario
Thomas and Georgina divorced in 1920
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Dec 22, 1963
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Thomas McQueen died in Toronto, Ontario and was
buried in the Pine Hills Cemetery, Scarborough, Ontario
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