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Trade listed as Farmer. DOB 22-5-80, born Harriston. NOK Mary Harrison, mother. Edmund Hall, father. Enlisted 18th Battalion Fergus 27-10-14 (age 34 years). 5 foot 6 inches. Hazel eyes, dark brown hair. Presbyterian. Lists 8 years service with 30th Regiment. Name is on 18th Battalion Sailing List SS Grampian 29-4-15. Embarked for France with 18th Battalion, 18-9-15. GSW left buttock, 18-9-16. Medical Board 31-5-17, diagnosed Chronic Nephritis, disability is permanent. Returned to Canada aboard Hospital Ship Letitia 11-5-17. Demobilized London, 30-11-17, unfit for further war service. Ontario Marriage Registry, married Alice McGregor, 28-4-20 at Palmerston. Veterans Death Card: died 27-9-56, cause broncho pneumonia, was war service related. NOK Alice Hall, widow, Harriston. Buried Harriston Public Cemetery, headstone photo courtesy B. Gilbert. File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3944 - 13. |