Apr 1, 1893

Born in Colborne, Ontario to Frederick C and Bertha (nee Masters) Morrow

Nov 5, 1914

Attested into the 21^st Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario

Ø  Number 1063

Ø  Next of kin given as F.C. Morrow, Colborne, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Clerk

o   Later recorded as Stenographer

Ø  No previous military service given

Ø  Religion given as Baptist

Ø  Assigned to the Depot Company

 
The battalion trained in Kingston

Mar 20, 1915

Fined $2.00 for drunkenness

Apr 1, 1915

The April pay list shows him as a patient in the Kingston General Hospital, but there is no actual date shown for admission.  The diagnosis is shown as Empyema (an infection between the lungs and the chest wall) with a discharging sinus

Apr 19, 1915

Surgery performed to relieve the symptoms of Empyema

May 5, 1915

SOS (Struck Off Strength) the 21^st Battalion as Medically Unfit and shown on the strength of the MD #3 Casualty Company in Kingston while in hospital

Oct 1, 1915

Medical Board in Kingston declares him to be Medically Unfit as a result of Empyema following Pneumonia

Oct 24, 1915

Transferred to the Elmhurst Convalescent Hospital in Kingston

Dec 1, 1915

Transferred to the Kingston General Hospital

Jan 3, 1916

Surgery performed to relieve the symptoms of Empyema

Nov 23, 1916

Transferred to the Ongwanada Hospital

Nov 26, 1916

Discharged from hospital

 
It is unclear in the file, but I would assume that he was employed by the Casualty Company in Kingston as a Clerk in the Armouries

Apr 18, 1918

Admitted to the Elmhurst Hospital in Kingston with a diagnosis that reads Empyema

Apr 24, 1918

Transferred to the Queen’s University Hospital in Kingston

Jun 6, 1918

Surgery performed in an effort to relieve the symptoms

Jun 29, 1918

Transferred to the Leek Island Convalescent Camp for the summer

Sep 24, 1918

Transferred back to the Queen’s University Hospital

Oct 9, 1918

Granted leave with subsistence until October 23, 1918

Oct 27, 1918

Reported to be AWL (Absent Without Leave)

Oct 31, 1918

Reported for treatment and fined 5 days pay

Dec 12, 1918

Discharged from His Majesty’s Service in Kingston to the care of the SCR (Soldier’s Civil Re-establishment) Department for treatment by the ISC (Invalided Soldier’s Commission)

Ø  Rank on discharge Private

Ø  Proposed residence on discharge Colborne, Ontario

 
His residence was later changed to read 263 University Ave., Kingston, Ontario

Nov 25, 1919

Married to Florence Amy Barton in Toronto, Ontario

Apr 13, 1920

Archie Morrow died in the Sydenham Military Hospital in Kingston of Pulmonary Tuberculosis complicated by Meningitis.  His death was attributed to his military service

Apr 15, 1920

Buried in the East Colborne Baptist Cemetery, Colborne, Ontario

Following his death, the Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent to his widow, Mrs. Florence Morrow, Colborne, Ontario

A second Memorial Cross was sent to his mother, Mrs. Bertha Morrow, Colborne, Ontario

As a former student at McMaster University,
Archie Morrow is honoured on a plaque there

He is also honoured on the Colborne Ontario War Memorial