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Trade listed as Assistant Post Office Inspector. DOB 25-3-81, born Mount Forest. John Corley, father. Mary Britton, mother. NOK Margaret Louise (Ewart) Corley, wife, married 30-6-02. Enlisted Red Deer 19-6-16, 187th Battalion, lists 2 years service in 30th Wellington Regiment. Overseas service Boer War, 1899-1900. On 187th Sailing List SS Olympic, Halifax N.S. 16-12-16. Taken on Strength 50th Battalion 21-6-17. Gassed 12-9-17, hospitalized 15 days. Wounded, 10-8-18 Machine Gun bullet left arm, fractured elbow. Medical Board Buxton 16-12-18. deformity of joint, 100% disabled, medically unfit. Recommends invalid to Canada. Returned aboard SS Olympic 9-1-19, Halifax, N.S. Medical Board Calgary 26-2-19 recommends discharge, unfit for service. Discharged Calgary 13-3-19, medically unfit. British Columbia Death Index: died Veteran's Hospital 17-10-62, Saanich, B.C. Cause progressive muscular dystrophy. Cremated Royal Oak Crematorium, Saanich, B.C. Records indicate ashes scattered, no headstone or marker. File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2002 - 45, courtesy Library & Archives Canada. |