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

1915 - 1919

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George Rees PADFIELD (1897-1949)
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Trade listed as Hardware Clerk. DOB 8-3-97, born Mount Forest. 5 foot 4 1/2 inches. Blue eyes, light brown hair. Methodist. NOK Thomas Padfield, father. Mary Jane Padfield, mother. Enlisted Mt Forest 9-11-15 (age 18 years). On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 12-2-16, 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. Taken on Strength 5th Battalion Canadian Engineers 22-2-18. Returned for discharge aboard SS Olympic 16-5-19, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Demobilized Toronto 19-5-19. Ontario Marriage Registry (021837) married Gertrude Ida Patton 29-7-25 at Mount Forest. Find a Grave: died 1949, buried Durham Cemetery, Durham, Ontario.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7530 - 48, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
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