Apr 25, 1894

Born at Sunderland Ontario, Canada

Jan 21, 1915

Attested at Ottawa Ontario into the 2^nd Signal Company Canada 

Ø      Number 13 (temporary number 480)

Ø      Next of kin given as Mrs. OE Bagshaw (mother) of Sunderland Ontario

Ø      Occupation given as “Telegraph Operator”

Ø      No previous military experience is given

Ø      Religion given as “Presbyterian”

Jan 30, 1915

Pay card which starts Jan 1, 1915 through Apr 1915 (with service number 480) has a notation “Forfeits 2 days pay 30-14-14”.  (I suspect this should have read 30-1-15, as there is no indication of him being present for service prior to Jan 21, 1915.)

May 24, 1915

Disembarked the SS Megantic in England

Jul 2, 1915

Given 1 day Field Punishment (not specified as No 1 or No 2) and confined to Barracks at Digbate for 3 days and fined 1 day’s pay for “Absence”

Aug 12, 1915

Placed in Detention at St Marton’s Place for 16 hours and fined 8 day’s pay for being AWL (Absent Without Leave)

Sep 15, 1915

TOS CETD (Canadian Engineers Training Depot) at Shorncliffe

Sep 16, 1915

Admitted to tent hospital at St Martins with Gonorrhea

Sep 20, 1915

Transferred to Workhouse Military Hospital at Newcastle on Tyne

Oct 28, 1915

Discharged from hospital to CCD (Canadian Convalescent Depot)

Jan 13, 1916

Ceases on course at CCD

Jan 15, 1916

SOS from CCAC as being “fit” and sent to CEFD (Canadian Expeditionary Force Depot) Crowboro

Jan 19, 1916

Transferred to Signal Pool at Shorncliffe

Jan 20, 1916

TOS Signal Pool in the Field

Feb 7, 1916

Joined the Signal Pool in France

May 2, 1916

Transferred to 1^st Canadian Division Signal Company

May 3, 1916

TOS 1^st Division Signal Company

Jun 26, 1916

Wounded in shoulder and arms, “not seriously”

Sep 26, 1916

Wounded shoulder, neck and left hand

Oct 3, 1916

Wounded and transferred to England via the Hospital Ship St David

Oct 4, 1916

Invalided and transferred to CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Center) Folkestone

Oct 5, 1916

Admitted to 3^rd Southern General Hospital with GSW (Gun Shot Wound) to head and left hand and boils to right side of neck and forehead 

Ø      Cannot remember date or place of injury

Ø      Remembers nothing until he awoke in hospital

Ø      When admitted he was incoherent and dazed

Oct 6, 1916

TOS (Taken On Strength) CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Center) Crowboro

Oct 6, 1916

SOS CCAC and admitted No 3 Stationary Hospital at Oxford

Oct 25, 1916

Transferred to Bearwood Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Wokingham

Nov 23, 1916

Discharged from CCH Bearwood to CCAC for duty

Nov 24, 1916

Medical Board held at Shoreham Camp, Sussex 

Ø      Burns to hands and face

Ø      Says he was partially unconscious for 3 weeks

Ø      Has a slight cough

Ø      Does not sleep well

Nov 27, 1916

On Command and on Course at CCD (Canadian Convalescent Depot) Hastings for 6 weeks PT (Physical Training) at Hastings

Jan 12, 1917

Discharged from CCD St Leonard’s

Jan 13, 1917

Ceases On Command CCD

Jan 15, 1917

TOS CETD from CCAC Crowborough

Jan 21, 1917

Awarded the Good Conduct Badge

Feb 12, 1917

Admitted to Crowboro Hospital with Tonsillitis

Mar 12, 1917

Discharged from hospital

Mar 20, 1917

Admitted to Brigade Hospital at Crowboro with Tonsillitis

Mar 28, 1917

While in hospital, symptoms of Syphilis developed

Apr 20, 1917

Discharged Brigade Hospital Crowboro to the lines

May 26, 1917

SOS CETD and TOS 6^th Reserve Battalion

Jul 11, 1917

SOS 6^th Reserve Battalion and TOS 21^st Battalion at No 2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Details) Seaford

Jul 16, 1917

Left to join unit in the Field

Jul 17, 1917

Joined 21^st Battalion in the Field

Apr 3, 1919

Proceeded to England

May 2, 1919

SOS to “P” Wing for processing pending demobilization

May 13, 1919

SOS to MD No 3, Canada

May 14, 1919

Embarked the SS Caronia for Canada

May 23, 1919

Disembarked at Montreal

May 24, 1919

Discharged at Kingston Ontario on being demobilized 

Ø      War Service Badge Class “A” No 279848

Ø      Address on discharge “Sunderland Ontario”

May 21, 1960

Deceased