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Trade listed as Clerk. DOB 8-3-96, born Mount Forest. 5 foot 5 inches. Brown eyes, dark brown hair. Catholic. NOK Mary McNamara, mother. Dennis McNamara, father. Enlisted Mt Forest 8-12-15 (age 19 years 8 months), lists 3 years service 30th Wellington Regiment. Enlistment noted in 23-1-16 edition Arthur Enterprise. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 19-2-16, 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. Cushnie letter dated 18-8-17 states "...transferred to 160th Band (Bruce) and are now at Witley Camp." Taken on Strength 47th Battalion 5-4-18. Returned to Canada aboard SS Empress of Britain, Quebec City, 4-6-19. Demobilized London 6-6-19. Ontario Marriage Registry (002592) married 20-6-24 to Matilda Roseta Voisin at Toronto, residence after marriage Mount Forest. Portrait photo courtesy Mount Forest Legion. Ancestry Family Tree: death 21-3-66. File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7138 - 49, courtesy Library & Archives Canada. |