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Sep 15, 1881
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Born in Kinmount, Ontario to
Richard and Harriet (nee James) Smith
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Dec 30, 1915
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Attested into the 109th Battalion CEF
in Kinmount, Ontario
Ø Number 726044
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. Harriet Smith, mother,
Kinmount, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Labourer
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Later noted as Wood
Worker and Box Maker
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Church of England
Ø Posted to “D” Company
On attesting, he gave his birth year as 1882, not
his actual birth year of 1881
The Kinmount Platoon trained in the old
Forrester’s Hall (now the Community Centre) for the winter of 1916. In the
spring of 1916, the 109th went to Camp Borden near Barrie for
advanced training
In early July 1916, the
battalion moved to the Barriefield Camp, Kingston, Ontario
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Jul 23, 1916
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Embarked the SS Olympic in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Jul 31, 1916
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Disembarked in Liverpool,
England and proceeded to the Bordon Camp, near Longmoor, Hampshire
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Aug 16, 1916
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The battalion moved to
Bramshott to continue training
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Oct 5, 1916
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Transferred to the 21st
Battalion
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Oct 6, 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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Nov 5, 1916
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After leaving the base depot,
Private Smith joined the 21st Battalion in the front line west of
Lens, France
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Mar 14, 1917
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Admitted to the No. 2 CFA
(Canadian Field Ambulance) with a diagnosis that reads PUO (Pyrexia of
Unknown Origin), a fever with no known cause.
Sometimes this was referred to as Trench Fever.
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Mar 16, 1917
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Transferred to the Division
Rest Station at the No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance.
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Mar 28, 1917
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Transferred to the No. 8
Canadian Red Cross Hospital in Paris Plage, near Le Touquet, France and the
diagnosis was changed to read Tubercle of Lung
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Apr 1, 1917
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship Stad Antwerpen
On arrival in England, he was
admitted to the Wanstead Red Cross Hospital in Margate
Transferred to the EORD
(Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Apr 6, 1917
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Transferred to the Moore
Barracks Hospital in Shorncliffe
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Apr 13, 1917
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Transferred to the Canadian
Military Hospital in Hastings
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May 11, 1917
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Embarked the Hospital Ship
Letitia in Liverpool
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May 22, 1917
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia and proceeded to Quebec City, Quebec where he was Taken On Strength of
the Quebec City Discharge Depot
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Jun 2, 1917
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Medical Board notes in Quebec
City
Ø Patient suffers
from Tuberculosis of the lung
Ø He is short of
breath on exertion
Ø Has occasional
night sweats
Ø His incapacity is
total and will last at least 6 months
Ø Board recommends treatment
in a Sanatorium
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Jun 5, 1917
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Admitted to the Mowat Sanatorium,
in Kingston
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Jun 7, 1917
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To be treated as an Out
Patient of the Mowat Sanitarium, in Kingston
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Aug 31, 1917
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Discharged from the CEF in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø Entitled to War
Service Badge Class “A”
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Kinmount, Ontario
Following the end of the war,
the British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at Kinmount, Ontario
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Nov 30, 1952
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John Richard Smith died of
Psychosis with Encephalitis while a patient of the Ontario Hospital, Toronto,
Ontario and was buried in the York Cemetery in Toronto
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