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Martin Joseph SHANNON (1897-1938)
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 Trade listed as Painter. DOB 6-1-97, born Mount Forest. 5 foot 8 inches. Brown eyes, dark brown hair, Catholic. NOK Bridget Shannon, mother. Enlisted Mt Forest 10-12-15 (age 18 years 11 months). 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. Medical Board St Thomas 17-2-17, heart murmur. Discharged London Medically Unfit 1-6-17. Book "Memories of Mount Forest" by W.R. Wright reports "discharged in Canada." Ontario Death Records (001598) died Toronto General Hospital 4-1-38, cause Methyl Alcohol poisoning, secondary cause broncho pneumonia. Buried Mt Hope Cemetery, Toronto.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8797 - 64, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
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