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Feb 2, 1898
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Born at Peterborough Ontario
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Feb 4. 1916
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Attested into the 93rd Battalion at
Peterborough Ontario
Ø Number 195662
Ø Next of kin given as Mr Wallace Moore (father) of 58 Maisonneuve Ave.,
Quebec, Quebec
o Later changed to 55 St. Nazaire St., Quebec, Quebec
Ø Previous occupation given as “Butcher”
o Later recorded as “Messenger Boy”
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Baptist
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Jul 15, 1916
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Embarked the Empress of Britain at Halifax
Nova Scotia for England
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Jul 25, 1916
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Disembarked at Liverpool England
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Aug 29, 1916
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Attached to the Brigade Signal Base for
instruction
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Sep 12, 1916
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Ceases to be attached to Brig Sig Base and
assigned to “B” Company
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Oct 6, 1916
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Posted to and TOS (Taken On Strength) 39th
Battalion at West Sandling Camp
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Nov 21, 1916
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Arrived at CBD (Canadian Base Depot) and TOS
21st Battalion from the 39th Battalion
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Dec 1, 1916
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Pay assignment of $20 per month made to his
mother, Mrs. Bertha Francis Moore, 483 Albert St., Peterborough Ontario
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Dec 3, 1916
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Left CBD for the 2nd Entrenching
Battalion
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Dec 6, 1916
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Arrived at the 2nd Entrenching
Battalion
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Dec
12, 1916
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Left 2nd Entrenching Battalion and
joined 21st Battalion in the field
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Apr 9, 1917
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Wounded at battle of Vimy Ridge and taken to
Field Ambulance with a shrapnel wound to left eye and right ear and then transferred to No
13 Stationary Hospital Boulogne France
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Apr 11, 1917
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Admitted to No 13 Stationary Hospital at
Boulogne France
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Apr 20, 1917
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Princess Elizabeth
posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) at Seaford
Admitted to the Bradford War Hospital,
Bradford England
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May 16, 1917
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Transferred to Canadian Convalescent Hospital,
Hillingdon House, Uxbridge
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Jun 1, 1917
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Transferred to Duchess of Connaught Canadian
Red Cross Hospital at Taplow Bucks
Ø Operated on for Acute Mastoiditis (infection of mastoid bone behind
the ear)
Ø Facial paralysis followed the surgery
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Jun 12, 1917
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Address for next of kin changed to 67 Morrow
St., Peterborough Ontario. This is the
address that his British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to after the war.
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Sep 12, 1917
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Surgery on facial nerves to alleviate
paralysis – only partially successful
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Jul 5, 1918
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Transferred to No 5 Canadian General Hospital,
Kirkdale, Liverpool
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Sep 24, 1918
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Embarked for Canada
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Oct 7, 1918
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Disembarked in Canada
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Oct 10, 1918
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TOS MD#3 at Kingston and posted to
Queen’s University Hospital (now the Kingston General Hospital) and admitted as a
patient
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Nov 9, 1918
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Mar 20, 1919
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Granted leave until April 3, 1919
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May 25, 1919
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Transferred to the Casualty Company
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May 26, 1919
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Medical Board at Queen’s University
Hospital recommends that he be discharged from army as “Medically unfit with
disability due to service”
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May 28, 1919
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Medical Board at Queen’s University
Hospital shows
Ø Blind in left eye – permanent
Ø Sees shadows only in right eye
Ø Total loss of hearing in right ear - permanent
Ø Marked paralysis of face
Discharged from hospital to District Depot
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May 29, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF at Kingston Ontario
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Mar 28, 1983
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Deceased at North York Ontario
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