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Jul 17, 1894
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Born in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia
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Nov 2, 1917
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Medical exam for the MSA (Military Service Act)
of 1917 held at Truro, Nova Scotia
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Feb 27, 1918
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Conscripted into the 1st Depot
Battalion, NSR (Nova Scotia Regiment) under the MSA in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ø Number 3180640
Ø Next of kin given Wilbert
Millerd, father, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia
Ø Previous occupation given as
Farmer
Ø Previous military experience
given as 5 months in the Halifax Composite Battalion
Ø Religion given as Methodist
Ø Posted to the 4th
Regimental Draft
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Mar 31, 1918
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Admitted to the Halifax Military Hospital with a
diagnosis that reads Influenza
There is no date recorded for his discharge
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Apr 15, 1918
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The 4th Regimental Draft embarked the
SS Melita in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Apr 28, 1918
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and transferred
to the 17th Reserve Battalion.
The men were attached to the Segregation Camp at Frensham Pond to
ensure there were no cases of Influenza
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Jun 6, 1918
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Released from the segregation camp and reported
to the 17th Reserve Battalion in Bramshott
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Sep 19, 1918
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Transferred to the 85th Battalion
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Sep 21, 1918
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Arrived at the CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base
Depot) in Etaples, France and Taken On Strength of the 85th
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 30, 1918
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While still at the reinforcement camp, and before
he could join the 85th Battalion at the front, he was transferred
to the 21st Battalion
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Oct 3, 1918
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After leaving the reinforcement camp, Private
Millerd joined the 21st Battalion on the approach to the
Hindenburg Line, west of Cambrai, France as part of a draft of 156
reinforcements and was posted to “D” Company.
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Nov 28, 1918
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Admitted to the No. 44 CCS (Casualty Clearing
Station) with a diagnosis that reads VDG (Venereal Disease Gonorrhea). This later determined to be an error, and
the diagnosis should have been recorded as Flat Feet and Fallen Arches
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Dec 3, 1918
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Transferred to the 1 Casualty Clearing Station
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Dec 4, 1918
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Transferred to the No. 57 Casualty Clearing
Station
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Dec 8, 1918
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Transferred via the No. 15 AT (Ambulance Train)
and admitted to the No. 18 General Hospital in Camiers, France
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Dec 31, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Jan
Breydel
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the Connaught
Hospital in Aldershot and Influenza was added to the diagnosis
Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental
Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Jan 8, 1919
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Transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital
in Bear Wood, Wokingham
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Jan 15, 1919
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Attached to the No. 1 CCD (Canadian Command
Depot) in Witley for exercise and rehabilitation
Granted 12 days sick leave
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Feb 11, 1919
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Discharged from hospital care and transferred to
the 6th Reserve Battalion in Seaford
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Mar 12, 1919
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Transferred to Military District No. 6 Wing in
Kinmel Park pending return to Canada
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Mar 30, 1919
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Embarked the SS Saturnia in Glasgow, Scotland
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Apr 10, 1919
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Disembarked in Saint John, New Brunswick and
proceeded to Halifax, Nova Scotia where he was Taken On Strength of Military
District No. 6
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Apr 14, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge Class “A”
issued number 147134
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia
Following his discharge, the British War Medal
and Victory Medals were sent to him at Pugwash, Nova Scotia
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Jan 17, 1971
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Frank Alerson Millerd died in Halifax, Nova
Scotia
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