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Gordon Burleigh MCPHERSON (1897-1956)
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 Trade listed as Mechanic & Chauffeur. DOB 4-8-97, born Palmerston.5 foot 10 3/4 inches. Blue eyes, fair hair. Presbyterian. NOK Hattie McPherson, mother. Enlisted Mt Forest 11-12-15 (18 years 4 months). On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 19-2/16, transfer to CASC (TD #1) noted. On 153rd Nominal Rolls as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16 and 1-12-16. Transferred to #1 Special Service Company, 31-3-17. Medical Board Camp Borden, 23-7-17, recommends discharge re "Graves Disease." Discharged Camp Borden, 30-9-17, medically unfit.
Book "Memories of Mount Forest" by A.W. Wright reports "discharged in Canada." Ontario Marriage Registry married 31-7-25 to Jean Swafford Snyder at Toronto. Found on 1935 Voters list for York East, 178 Cliff Crest Drive. Globe & Mail Obit 21-12-56 indicates died 19-12-56, East General Hospital. Erskine Cemetery records (died Pulmonary Edema) buried Sec D, Range 1 Lot 8 Grave 4. Monument photo courtesy Erskine Cemetery.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7181 - 46. Courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
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