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

1915 - 1919

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Arthur James KING (1898-1950)
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Trade listed as Porter. DOB 15-5-98, born Isle of Wight, England. 5 foot 6 inches. Brown eyes, black hair. Catholic. NOK Grace Chalk, mother. Enlisted Palmerston 21-1-16 (age 18 years). On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 19-2-16, no transfer noted. On 153rd Nominal Rolls as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16 and 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 18th Battalion 29-3-18. Hospitalized trench Fever 30-10-18. Returned to Canada aboard SS Aquitania, Halifax, N.S. 18-1-19. Demobilized London 15-2-19. Veterans Death Card: died 12-5-50, cause broncho pneumonia, not war service related. NOK Phylis King, widow, Stratford.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5158 - 30, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
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