Map point: His family's home in the village of Dorset

Date of birth:  26 Oct  1893

Birthplace: Trenton, Ontario

Occupation and residence on enlistment: Bushman, Dorset

Enlistment date and place: Drafted 26 Jun 1918, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

Regimental service #:3110687

Battalion:

• 1st Depot Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment
• 58th Battalion

Notes on war service:

• He arrived in England on 15 Aug 1918,  joined the 58th Battalion on 17 Nov 1918 and then proceeded to France.
• He returned to Canada with the 58th Battalion in March 1919.

Killed in action? :No

Notes on life after the war: His proposed residence on discharge was Dorset, Ontario.

Link to digitized service file at Library & Archives Canada

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands Family Tree website

Information source: LIbrary & Archives Canada, Personnel Records of the First World War

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