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Trade listed as Clerk. DOB 3-8-97, born Equessing Township, Halton, Ontario. 5 foot 4 inches. Blue eyes, light hair. Methodist. NOK Margaret Howden, Mother. Benjamin Howden, father. Enlisted Guelph 18-3-16 (age 18 years 8 months). On 153rd Nominal Roll 1-4-16, 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 18th Battalion 29-3-18. GSW 23-8-18, left thigh. Globe & Mail Canadian Casualty lists 29-8-18 under 'Infantry' reports wounded. Returned to Canada aboard SS Caronia, 22-5-19. Demobilized London 24-5-19. Ontario Death Records (033625) notes death 15-4-24, pulmonary tuberculosis. Veterans Death Card: death due to war service. Woodlawn Cemetery records Guelph, buried Block U Sec 18 Lot 19 Grave 1. NOK Benjamin Howden, father. Birthdate on record 3-8-00, if correct lied about age to serve in 153rd. File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4549 - 12, courtesy Library & Archives Canada. |