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Jan 27, 1890
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Born in Arden, Ontario to Glen
Leonard and Mahalia (nee Clapper) Monds
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Oct 22, 1917
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Medical examination held under
the MSA (Military Service Act) of 1917 in Kingston, Ontario
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Jan 9, 1918
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Conscripted into the 1st
Depot Battalion EOR (Eastern Ontario Regiment) in Kingston, Ontario under the
MSA
Ø Number 3055813
Ø Next of kin given
as David Monds, uncle, Arden, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation
given as Labourer
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as
Methodist
Ø Assigned to the 3rd
Regimental Draft, 1st Depot Battalion, EOR
His brother, John George
Monds, was killed in action the previous April while serving with the 4th
Canadian Mounted Rifles at Vimy Ridge. This may explain his reluctance to volunteer
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Feb 21, 1918
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Embarked the SS Melita
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Mar 4, 1918
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Disembarked in Liverpool,
England and proceeded to Seaford where the draft was absorbed into the 6th
Reserve Battalion to continue training
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Aug 17, 1918
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Transferred to the 21st
Battalion
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Aug 18, 1918
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Arrived at the CIBD (Canadian
Infantry Base Depot) in Etaples, France as part of a draft of 262
reinforcements from England and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21st
Battalion
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Aug 23, 1918
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After leaving the base depot,
Private Monds joined the CCRC (Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp) in Aubin St
Vaast
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Aug 28, 1918
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Joined the 21st
Battalion rear details in the village of Achicourt. He joined the main part of the battalion in
Van Quentin when they came out of the front line a few days later.
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Sep 24, 1918
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While in the front line at
Canal du Nord near the village of Marquion, Private Monds was instantly killed
by the explosion of an artillery shell.
He was later buried in the Dominion British Cemetery
Following the war the British
War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to his cousin, Mrs. Grace Matson,
Arden, Ontario. The cousin’s name was
also spelled as Madison and Mason in the file
Neither his mother nor father
could be located
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Both
Russell and his brother John are honoured on the Memorial Wall in
Kingston, Ontario
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