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Joseph Royal BILTON (1897-1944)
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 Trade: Farmer. DOB 19-9-97, Holstein, Ontario. Attestation Papers found on Digital File. NOK Joseph Bilton, father. Jennie Bilton, mother. Enlisted Palmerston 2-2-16. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on strength 78th Battalion in the field 29-4-18. Wounded gassed 1-8-18. GSW 3-8-18. Return to Duty 31-8-18. Globe & Mail Canadian Casualties List 12-8-18 wounded. Memories of Mount Forest lists him as being gassed Returned to Canada 5-6-19 aboard SS Empress of Britain. Demobilized 6-6-19, London. Ontario Marriage Registry married 31-12-19 to Laurina C. Keller at Mount Forest. Picture per Family Tree, Ancestry.ca. Died 13-1-44, Windsor, Ontario per Family Tree, Ancestry.ca Buried Windsor Grove Cemetery. Headstone photo courtesy Find a Grave.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 733 - 34. Courtesy Libray & Archives Canada.
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