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Thomas Strickland SOCKETT (1878-1947)
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 Trade listed as Clerk. DOB 28-2-78, born Mount Forest. 5 foot 7 inches. Brown eyes, brown hair. Presbyterian. Listed as widower. NOK George Weston Sockett, son. George Sockett, father. Ellen Sockett, mother. Enlisted Mt Forest 20-12-15 (age 37 years), lists 6 years service 30th Wellington Regiment. Enlistment noted in 30-1-16 edition Mt Forest Representative. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 29-1-16, 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 47th Battalion 28-3-18. Transferred to 5th Battalion 8-9-18. GSW to face 28-9-18. Mt Forest Register 17-10-18 reports "wounded, gunshot to face." Returned to Canada aboard SS Empress of Britain 4-6-19, Halifax, N.S. Demobilized London 6-6-19. Ontario Marriage Registry #008582 married 15-6-04 to Edna M. Dickson at Gleneden, Grey County. Died Mount Forest 28-6-47, buried Cochrane (old section) Grey County. Headstone photo courtesy Billion Graves. Portrait photos courtesy Ancestry.ca. Photo of Harry Clarke and Thos. Sockett (Thomas on right) courtesy Mount Forest Legion.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9145 - 41, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
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