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Thomas Archibald ROBERTS (1898-1952) | ||||
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Trade listed as Printer. DOB 23-10-98, born Arthur Township. 5 foot 6 inches. Blue eyes, brown hair. Methodist. NOK John Roberts, father. Enlisted Mt Forest 12-12-16 (age 18 years). On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 27-1-17. Medical Board 24-3-17, St Thomas, flat feet, unfit for infantry. Transfer to construction battalion. Transfer to 122nd Battalion 26-4-17. On 122nd sailing list 2-6-17, SS Olympic, Halifax. N.S. Arrived England 9-6-17. Assigned CFC Base Depot Sunningdale for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 49th Company Canadian Forestry Corps 9-7-17. Letter from Sgt. John Treadwell: No 49 of the Canadian Forestry Corps, France, "...we have two Mt Forest boys Pte Archie Roberts, cook and yours truly Sgt.Johnny Treadwell, bush foreman". Mt Forest Register 24-1-18.Returned to Canada aboard SS Maurentania 31-5-19. Demobilized Toronto 8-6-19. Ontario Marriage Registry (013396) married 7-6-23 to Hilda Lorene Gibson at Fordwich. Ancestry.ca: died Fordwich 1952, buried Forwich Cemetery. Photo courtesy Find a Grave. File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8344 - 10, courtesy Library & Archives Canada. |
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