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Nov 17, 1888
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Born in Moncton, New Brunswick
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Mar 31, 1915
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Noted as being rejected for service by the 26th
Battalion in St. John, New Brunswick
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Jun 17, 1915
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Attested into the 55th Battalion CEF
in Sussex, New Brunswick
Ø Number 444986
Ø Next of kin given as Ellen
Happney, mother, 58 Lewis St., Moncton, New Brunswick
Ø Previous occupation given as
Labourer
o Later noted as Longshoreman
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Roman
Catholic
Ø Posted to “D” Company
The battalion began training in Sussex, New
Brunswick
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Sep 16, 1915
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Sentenced to 48 hours detention for an unrecorded
offence
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Oct 12, 1915
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Sentenced to 24 hours detention for an unrecorded
offence
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Oct 30, 1915
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Embarked the SS Corsican in Montreal, Quebec
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Nov 9, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport, England and the
battalion proceeded to the Bramshott camp
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Nov 23, 1915
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Sentenced to 4 days Field Punishment No. 2 for
being drunk
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Jan 4, 1916
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Sentenced to 21 days Field Punishment No. 2 for being absent
from January 2 until January 4, 1916
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Feb 11, 1916
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Sentenced to 28 days Field punishment No. 2 for
being absent from February 6 until February 9, 1916
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Mar 13, 1916
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Sentenced to 21 days Field Punishment No. 2 and
forfeited $25.30 for being absent for 2 days
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Apr 23, 1916
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Apr 24, 1916
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Arrived at the CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in the
Rouelles Camp, Havre, France and Taken On Strength of the 21st
Battalion
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May 15, 1916
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After leaving the base depot, Private Pettley
joined the 21st Battalion in the trenches near Voormezeele,
Belgium
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Sep 15, 1916
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During the capture of the sugar factory south of
Courcelette, France, Private Pettley received shrapnel wounds to his arms and
legs. He was evacuated to a field
ambulance for first aid before being transported to a casualty clearing
station
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Sep 16, 1916
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Transferred to the No. 10 General Hospital in
Rouen, France
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Sep 19, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship St.
Andrew
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the
Cheltenham Volunteer Aid Hospital (the Racecourse Hospital)
Transferred to the CCAC (Canadian Casualty
Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Dec 12, 1916
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Transferred to the No. 2 Southern General
Hospital in Bristol
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Jan 11, 1917
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Transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital
in Bearwood, Wokingham
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Jan 23, 1917
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Attached to the 3rd CCD (Canadian
Command Depot) in in St. Leonards for physical training and exercise
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Mar 10, 1917
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Transferred to the newly formed EORD (Eastern
Ontario Regimental Depot) and remained attached to the command depot
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Mar 17, 1917
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Admitted to the Canadian Military Hospital in
Hastings for additional treatment of his wounds
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Apr 20, 1917
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Discharged from hospital and reported to the 3rd
Canadian Command Depot in St. Leonards
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May 31, 1917
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Discharged from hospital care and transferred to
the 6th Reserve Battalion in Seaford
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Jul 11, 1917
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Transferred to the Eastern Ontario Regimental
Depot in Seaford and posted to the Depot Company
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Jul 26, 1917
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Admitted to the Canadian Military Hospital in
Eastbourne with a diagnosis that reads Ulcer on his lip and Impetigo. He was transferred the same day to the
Raven’s Croft Military Hospital in Seaford
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Aug 25, 1917
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Discharged from hospital and reported the Eastern
Ontario Regimental Depot in Seaford
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Sep 19, 1917
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Attached to the CDD (Canadian Discharge Depot) in
Buxton pending return to Canada
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Oct 18, 1917
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Embarked the SS Missanabie in Liverpool
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Oct 28, 1917
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Disembarked in Quebec City, Quebec and proceeded
to St. John, New Brunswick
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Oct 30, 1917
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Admitted to the Military Hospital in Moncton, New
Brunswick to be treated as an Out Patient.
Posted to the Armouries in Moncton while
receiving treatment
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Nov 26, 1917
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Transferred to the Military Hospital in St. John,
New Brunswick
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Dec 7, 1917
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Sentenced to 168 Hours Detention for being AWL
(Absent Without Leave)
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Dec 31, 1917
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Discharged from the CEF in St. John, New
Brunswick
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø Entitled to War Service Badge
Class “A”
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Moncton, New Brunswick
Following the end of the war, the British War
Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at 25 Hargrave St., Winnipeg,
Manitoba
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Jun 26, 1918
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Admitted to the Military Hospital in St. John,
New Brunswick with a diagnosis that reads Impetigo
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Jul 13, 1918
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Discharged from hospital
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Aug 4, 1950
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William Pettley died while a patient of the Queen
Mary Veterans Hospital in Montreal, Quebec and was buried in the Shediac Road
Cemetery, Moncton, New Brunswick
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