Walter Mack Perks



Oct 28, 1892

Born in Brantford, Ontario to George and Charlotte “Lottie” (nee Mack) Perks

 

Nov 11, 1914

Attested into the 21st Battalion in Kingston, Ontario

 

Ø  Number 59791 (temporary number 797)

Ø  Next of kin given as Mrs. Perks, mother, 542 Gilmour St., Peterborough, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Bank Clerk

Ø  Previous military experience given as 59th Regiment

Ø  Religion given as Presbyterian

Ø  Posted to “G” Company

o   This was later reorganized into “D” Company

The 21st Battalion trained in the Kingston, Ontario area through the winter of 1914-15.

 

May 6, 1915

Embarked the RMS Metagama in Montreal, Quebec

 

 

May 15, 1915

Disembarked in Devonport, England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent to continue training

 

Sep 1, 1915

Admitted to the St. Martin’s Plain Hospital with a diagnosis that reads Gonorrhea

 

Sep 2, 1915

Posted to the Depot Company while in hospital

 

Sep 4, 1915

Transferred to the Barnwell Military Hospital

 

Sep 6, 1915

Transferred to the Cambridge Military Hospital

 

Sep 14, 1915

The 21st Battalion embarked for France while Private Perks remained in hospital

 

Sep 25, 1915

Transferred to the 39th Reserve Battalion in West Sandling for pay purposes while in hospital

 

Oct 25, 1915

Discharged to duty with the 39th Reserve Battalion from hospital

 

Jan 3, 1916

Admitted to the Moore Barracks Hospital in Shorncliffe with a diagnosis that reads Influenza and Rheumatism

 

Jan 14, 1916

Transferred to the Monks Horton Convalescent Hospital for continuing treatment of his Gonorrhea infection

 

Mar 27, 1916

Discharged to duty with the 39th Reserve Battalion

 

Jun 16, 1916

Medical Board in West Sandling notes

Ø  Man is run down and has lost 10 lbs

Ø  Man needs outdoor exercise

Ø  Board recommends 12 weeks of Base Duty

 

Jun 25, 1916

Transferred to the CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) and remained attached to the 39th Reserve Battalion for 12 weeks of Base Duty

 

Aug 14, 1916

Admitted to the Moore Barracks Hospital in Shorncliffe with a diagnosis that reads Bronchitis

 

Aug 21, 1916

Transferred to the Shorncliffe Military Hospital

 

Oct 13, 1916

Discharged to duty from hospital and reported to the 39th Reserve Battalion

 

Oct 14, 1916

Ceased to be attached to the 39th Reserve Battalion and reported to the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre

 

Oct 23, 1916

Attached to the CDD (Canadian Discharge Depot) in Buxton pending return to Canada

 

Nov 12, 1916

Embarked the SS Mauretania in Liverpool

 

 

Nov 17, 1916

Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded to Quebec City, Quebec

 

Mar 14, 1917

Proceeded to Kingston, Ontario and admitted to the Elmhurst Convalescent Home as an Out Patient

 

Mar 28, 1917

Admitted to the Elmhurst Convalescent Home as in In Patient

 

May 16, 1917

Transferred to the Fettercairn Convalescent Camp, north of Kingston, at Chaffey’s Lock on the Rideau Canal

 

Oct 15, 1917

Transferred to the Elmhurst Convalescent Home in Kingston

 

Dec 31, 1917

Discharged from the CEF in Kingston, Ontario

Ø  Rank in discharge Private

Ø  Entitled to War Service Badge Class “C”

Ø  Proposes residence on discharge 530 Gilmour St., Peterborough, Ontario

Following the end of the war, the British War Medal was sent to him at 530 Gilmour St., Peterborough, Ontario

 

Sep 28, 1929

Married to Dorothy Grace Wood in Toronto, Ontario

 

Feb 4, 1970

Walter Mack Perks died in Peterborough, Ontario and was buried in the Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough

 

 

Walter Perks is remembered on the Wall of Honour in Peterborough, Ontario

 

 

 


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