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Trade listed as Laborer. DOB 24-5-89, born Tilbury. 5 foot 4 inches. Blue eyes, light brown hair. Catholic. NOK Sophia Vozart, mother. Enlisted Sarnia 1-4-16 (age 27 years). Transferred from 149th Battalion to 153rd Battalion 6-4-17. 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 28-3-18. Returned to Canada aboard SS Regina 30-3-19, Halifax, N.S. Ontario Marriage Registry (015120) married 19-5-19 to Hannah May Meriam at Wallaceburg. Obituary in Chatham paper reports his death at Westminister (veteran's) Hospital, London 9-6-82, age 95. Internment St Anthony's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Chatham, Ontario. Headstone photo courtesy B. Gilbert. File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3382 - 45, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
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