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Trade listed as Farmer. DOB 12-3-96, born Tara, Ontario. 5 goot 8 3/4 inches. Blue eyes, brown hair. Church of England. NOK John A. Taylor, father. Enlisted Mt Forest 27-12-15 (age 19 years). 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 4-4-18. Transferred to 4th Canadian Machine Gun Corps 4-5-18. GSW right arm and left wrist 28-9-18. Book "Memories of Mount Forest" by A.W. Wright reports "wounded." Returned to Canada aboard SS Orduna 31-3-19. Demobilized London 18-5-19, forwarding address Topeka, Kansas. Naturalization and Citizenship forms courtesy Ancestry.ca. File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9508 - 6, courtesy Library & Archives Canada. |