153rd (Wellington) Battalion C.E.F.

1915 - 1919

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Ernest James SNELL (1898-1943)
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Trade listed as Laborer. DOB 9-7-98 born Muskoka. 5 foot 6 1/2 inches. Blue eyes, light brown hair. Presbyterian. Margaret McMillan, mother. NOK James Snell, father. Enlisted Mt Forest 11-1-16 (age 17 years 6 months). Enlisted noted in 10-2-16 edition Mt Forest Representative. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 29-1-16, no transfer noted. Name on Mt Forest Platoon Nominal Roll as published Mt Forest Representative 1-6-16. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16. Transferred to 4th Pioneer Battalion 27-4-16. Discharged St Andrews, N.B. Medically Unfit, re: varicocele 10-7-16. Ontario Marriage Registry (099741) married 18-11-18 to Emily Jane Robinson at Owen Sound.
Book "Memories of Mount Forest" by A.W. Wright reports "discharged in Canada." Ontario Death Registry, Ernest Snell DOB 9-7-98, residence Acton, died 26-1-43, complications compound fracture left femur. Buried Prospect Cemetery, Toronto.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9133 - 26, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
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