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Jul 24, 1889
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Born at Ogdensburg New York USA
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Jun 4, 1917
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Attested into the Signal Training Depot at
Port Arthur Ontario
Ø Number 2265611
Ø Next of kin given as FM Mott (father) of Port McNicoll Ontario
o Later changed to 303 High Park Ave., Toronto Ontario, then to Manly
St., Midland Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Barber
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Methodist
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Aug 30, 1917
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Awarded 14 days detention (offence not
recorded)
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Oct 30, 1917
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Forfeits 1 day’s pay (offence not
recorded)
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Nov 24, 1917
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Embarked the SS Megantic at Halifax Nova
Scotia
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Dec 7, 1917
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Disembarked at Liverpool England
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Dec 8, 1917
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TOS (Taken On Strength) the CETD (Canadian
Engineers Training Depot) at Seaford
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Dec 19, 1917
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SOS (Struck Off Strength) the CETD on transfer
to the 7th Reserve Battalion
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Feb 12, 1918
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SOS 7th Reserve Battalion on
transfer to the 6th Reserve Battalion
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Apr 11, 1918
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SOS 6th Reserve Battalion on
posting to PPCLI (Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry) and embarked for
France
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Apr 12, 1918
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Arrived at 3rd CBD (Canadian Base
Depot) at Havre France and TOS (Taken On Strength) the PPCLI
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Apr 14, 1918
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Left for CCRC (Canadian Corps Reinforcement
Camp)
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Apr 15, 1918
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Arrived at CCRC
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Jun 5, 1918
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Jun 6, 1918
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TOS 21st Battalion
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Jun 8, 1918
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Joined the 21st Battalion in the
field
The following is
from the 21st Battalion War Diary:
“A
draft of twenty Other Ranks arrived from the 3rd Divisional Wing, CCRC. These Other Ranks had been despatched from England
as reinforcements for Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.”
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Aug 28, 1918
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Admitted to No 8 CFA (Canadian Field
Ambulance) then transferred to the No 42 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) with a shrapnel
wound to right hand (alternately recorded as left hand)
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Aug 29, 1918
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Admitted to #12 Stationary Hospital then
transferred to No 23 AT (Ambulance Transport)
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Aug 30, 1918
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Admitted to No 18 General Hospital at Camiers
France
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Sep 14, 1918
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Transferred to No 6 Convalescent Depot at
Etaples France
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Sep 25, 1918
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Transferred to No 12 Convalescent Depot
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Nov 5, 1918
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Forfeited 14 days pay for drunkenness
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Nov 10, 1918
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Discharged from Convalescent Depot to No 5
Rest Camp
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Nov 12, 1918
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Arrived at CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot)
and posted to “A” Coy (for re-habilitating patients)
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Nov 20, 1918
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Arrived at CCRC
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Jan 11, 1919
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Transferred to England and posted to EORD at
Witley and posted to the Depot Coy
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Jan 14, 1919
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Posted to EORD
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Mar 29, 1919
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SOS to MD #3 at Kinmel Park, Seaford
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Apr 12, 1919
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Embarked the SS Adriatic at Liverpool
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Apr 20, 1919
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Disembarked at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Apr 22, 1919
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Admitted to PC Military Hospital at Montreal
Quebec “in an advanced state alcoholism”
He stated that he was en route to Ottawa
and got intoxicated when the train stopped for a few hours in Montreal.
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Apr 23, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF at Kingston Ontario
Ø Issued War Service Badge Class “A” No 231907
Ø Proposed residence on discharge Midland Ontario
This date is
clearly at odds with the hospital admission in Montreal.
The dates for the hospital admission and discharge are recorded in more than one
place in the file, as well as the discharge date and location being recorded more than
once. I am at a loss to explain the
discrepancy.
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Apr 25, 1919
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Discharged from hospital and proceeded to
Ottawa
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Nov 4, 1920
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British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to
506 Victoria Ave., Fort William Ontario
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A note in the file indicates that he died in
1957, with the exact date not entered
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