Dec 17, 1883

Born at Middlesex England

Mar 6, 1915

Attested into the 21^st Battalion at Kingston Ontario 

Ø      Number 60052 (temporary number 1266)
Ø      Next of kin given as Mrs Maud White (wife) of 264 Johnston St., Kingston Ontario
Ø      Occupation given as “Tailor”
Ø      Previous service given as

o       14^th PWOR – 4 mos

o       RCHA Band – 3 years

o       4^th Dragoon Guards – 12 years

o       service abroad – 8 years

Ø      Religion given as “Church of England”
Ø      Medical Certificate marked “Fit for Bugler”
Ø      Initially assigned to the Depot Company

May 6, 1915

Embarked the RMS Metagama at Montreal Quebec

May 15, 1915

Disembarked at England and proceeded to West Sandling Camp

Aug 28, 1915

Transferred from Depot Company to No 2 Company

Sep 14, 1915

Embarked for France at Folkestone and disembarked at Boulogne France

Apr 28, 1916

Admitted to No 5 Canadian Field Ambulance with a Hernia

Apr 29, 1916

Discharged to Duty

May 8, 1916

Admitted to No 5 Canadian Field Ambulance with defective vision and transferred to Divisional Rest Station

May 10, 1916

Transferred to Ophthalmic Centre Base

May 12, 1916

Transferred to No 3 General Base Depot

Jun 24, 1916

Granted 7 days leave

Aug 5, 1916

Proceeded to join No 2 Entrenching Battalion

Aug 8, 1916

TOS 2^nd Entrenching Battalion

Sep 17, 1916

At duty from hospital

Sep 29, 1916

Reported missing after action and believed killed – SOS accordingly

Nov 16, 1916

Now reported unofficially as Prisoner of War at Dulmen 

Ø      Later reported that he was blown up and buried before being captured.
Ø      Also suffered a gun shot wound to his left wrist
Ø      Also stated that he was forced to work in a coal mine under very severe conditions while held prisoner
Ø      He was admitted to a German hospital in September 1917 and operated on for a hernia caused by hard labour
Ø      The surgery healed slowly and he had to remain in hospital until December 1917

Nov 24, 1916

Now officially reported POW at Dulmen

Jan 17, 1917

Now reported as POW at Fredricksfield

Dec 8, 1918

TOS EORD as a repatriated POW on arrival at Ripon

Feb 10, 1919

Posted to 6^th Reserve Battalion at Seaford

May 13, 1919

Medical Report at Seaford 

Ø      Date of birth given as December 17, 1882
Ø      Home address given as “24 Russell St. Kingston Ontario
Ø      Height estimated at 5’ 5¼”
Ø      2 hernia scars noted
Ø      Myopia in both eyes (near sightedness) noted as a problem prior to enlistment
Ø      Rapid heartbeat caused by treatment as a POW
Ø      Complains of weakness and shortness of breath
Ø      Board recommends that he be returned to Canada

May 21, 1919

TOS MD No 3 at Rhyl

May 31, 1919

SOS on transfer to Canada

Jun 2, 1919

Embarked the “Lapland” at Liverpool and TOS No 3 District Depot Kingston

Jun 9, 1919

Disembarked at Halifax

Jun 11, 1919

Discharged Kingston Ontario 

Ø      War Service Badge Class “A”, number 278893
Ø      Certificate notes height as 5’ 8”, while at attestation, his height was noted as 5’ 5¼”
Ø      No scars are noted on Discharge Certificate while on attestation there were several scars noted
Ø      Proposed address on discharge – General Delivery, Quebec, Quebec P.O.
Ø      Granted 183 days War Service Gratuity

May 12, 1922

British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to 41 Richelu St. Quebec, Quebec