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Apr 4, 1894
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Born in Erinsville, Ontario to John and Amelia
(nee Dashaneau) Prue
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Nov 12, 1917
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Medical exam for the MSA (Military Service Act)
of 1917 held at Kingston, Ontario
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Nov 15, 1917
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Conscripted into the 1st Depot
Battalion, EOR (Eastern Ontario Regiment) under the MSA in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 4020002
Ø Next of kin given as John
Prue, father, Napanee, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Farmer
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Roman
Catholic
Ø Posted to the 2nd
Regimental Draft
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Nov 26, 1917
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Forfeited 5 day’s pay for an unrecorded offence
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Dec 29, 1917
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Forfeited 1 day’s pay for an unrecorded offence
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Jan 22, 1918
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The 2nd Regimental Draft embarked the
SS Scotian in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Feb 6, 1918
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and the draft
was absorbed into the 7th Reserve Battalion in Seaford to continue
training
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Feb 15, 1918
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Transferred to the 6th Reserve Battalion
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Aug 9, 1918
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
Arrived at the CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base
Depot) in Etaples, France and Taken On Strength of the 21st
Battalion
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Aug 15, 1918
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After leaving the base depot, Private Prue joined
the 21st Battalion at Fouquescourt, France
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Aug 28, 1918
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While advancing south of the Arras – Cambrai Road
east of Vis en Artois, France, Private Prue received a machine gun bullet
wound that fractured the femur of his right leg and was evacuated to field
ambulance for first aid before being transported to the No. 7 CCS (Casualty
Clearing Station)
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Aug 31, 1918
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Transferred to the No. 8 Stationary Hospital in
Wimereux, France
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Sep 2, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship St.
Denis
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the Highfield
Military Hospital in Liverpool
Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Jan 27, 1919
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Transferred to the Granville Canadian Special Hospital
in Buxton
His right leg was 2 inches shorter than the left
because of the nature of the fractured femur and he had to be fitted with
special boots
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Feb 25, 1919
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Granted 10 days sick leave
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Apr 3, 1919
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Transferred to the No. 5 Canadian General
Hospital in Kirkdale, Liverpool
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May 5, 1919
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Embarked the Hospital Ship Essequibo in Liverpool
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May 15, 1919
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Disembarked in Portland, Maine, USA and proceeded
to Kingston, Ontario where he was Taken On Strength of Military District No.
3
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May 18, 1919
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Admitted to the Queen’s University Military
Hospital in Kingston
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May 19, 1919
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Granted leave until June 2, 1919
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Jul 23, 1919
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Discharged from hospital and posted to the
Military District No. 3 Casualty Company in Kingston
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Jul 26, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge Class “A”
issued number 213751
Ø War Service Badge Class “B”
issued number 55864
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Tamworth, Ontario
Following his discharge, the British War Medal
and Victory Medals were sent to him at Tamworth, Ontario
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Sep 6, 1944
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John Edward Prue died while a patient of the
Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston, Ontario of a bowel obstruction and was
buried in the Assumption Cemetery in Erinsville, Ontario
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