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Apr 20, 1899
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Born at Moulinette Ontario
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Apr 24, 1917
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Attested into the Divisional Signal Training
Depot at Ottawa Ontario
Ø Number 2265382
Ø Next of kin given as James Roys (father) of Mille Roches Ontario
Ø Former occupation given as Student
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
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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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TOS 7th Reserve Battalion at
Seaford
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Feb 15, 1918
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TOS 6th Reserve Battalion at
Seaford
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May 10, 1918
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Posted to the PPCLI and proceeded to France
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May 11, 1918
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Arrived at #3 CBD (Canadian Base Depot)
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May 23, 1918
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Arrived at CCRC (Canadian Corps Reinforcement
Camp)
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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 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 27, 1918
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Admitted to #4 CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance)
with gun shot wounds to right arm and jaw, then transferred to the CCS (Casualty Clearing
Station)
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Aug 29, 1918
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Admitted to #56 General Hospital
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Aug 30, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Newhaven and posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot)
Admitted to 3rd London General
Hospital at Wandsworth
X-Rays show a FB (foreign body) in
the roof of the mouth, probably a bullet fragment. Decision
made not to remove it.
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Oct 16, 1918
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Transferred to Queen’s Hospital Rest Camp
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Dec 3, 1918
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Transferred to No 16 Canadian General Hospital
at Orpington
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Dec 13, 1918
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Discharged from hospital
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Dec 23, 1918
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Posted to the 6th Reserve Battalion
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Jan 9, 1919
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On Command to MD 3, (Military District) at
Rhyl pending return to Canada
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Jan 13, 1919
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Medical Board at Kinmel Park notes a slight
heart murmur
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Jan 18, 1919
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Embarked the HMT Aquitania at Liverpool
TOS the Base Discharge Depot at Ottawa
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Jan 24, 1919
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Disembarked at Halifax Nova Scotia, and
proceeded to Ottawa Ontario
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Jan 27, 1919
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Granted leave with subsistence until February
10, 1919
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Feb 17, 1919
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Medical Board at Ottawa Ontario notes:
Ø Present disability – slight weakness
Ø After a route march of 2 miles he gets dizzy and faints
Ø Has tremor of hands and tongue when extended
Ø Complains of shortness of breath
Ø Recommend Category C1 – for service in Canada only
Ø Condition will probably clear in 6 months
Ø No treatment recommended
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Feb 21. 1919
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Discharged from the CEF at Ottawa Ontario as
being medically unfit for further military service
Ø War Service Badge Class “A” issued No 81105
Ø Proposed residence on discharge Moulinette Ontario
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Nov 10, 1919
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Admitted to Sydenham Military Hospital,
Kingston Ontario with a diagnosis of Nephritis (an inflammation of the kidney)
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Dec 6, 1919
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Discharged from hospital with no further
treatment ordered
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Feb 9, 1922
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British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to
Moulinette Ontario
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Mar 6, 1922
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Medals were returned
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May 11, 1922
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Medals were sent again to same address
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