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

1915 - 1919

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James Reid WEATHERDON* (1894-1980)
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Trade listed as Tinsmith. DOB 29-5-94, born Forest, Ontario. 6 foot 2 inches. Blue eyes, grey hair. Presbyterian. NOK Herbert Weatherdon, father. Annie Reid, mother. (Brother 928327 Innes Weatherdon) Enlisted Elora 12-1-16 (age 21 years 7 months). 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 5-2-16 incomplete, missing names from letter T to Letter Z. 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 18th Battalion 15-12-17. Hospitalized with Trench Fever 10-6-18, discharged from hospital 31-7-18. Returned to Canada aboard SS Regina, 20-12-18, Halifax, N.S. Demobilized London 23-1-19. Photo 23948 courtesy Wellington County Museum & Archives. Immigrated to Michigan. Michigan Marriage Registry, married 17-11-23 to Helen L. Whitney at Detroit. To reside Highland Park, MI. Michigan Death Registry died 13-11-80, Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan, USA.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10170 - 15, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
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