Born on 15 January 1893 in Stekgya, Norway - son of Martin Aasen, Stekgya, Norway - at the time of his conscription in 1918 he gave the following information: present address in Instow, Saskatchewan, single, a farmer, Lutheran, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest 34 inches fully expanded, 140 pounds, fair complexion, blue eyes, and fair hair.
Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, in Regina, Saskatchewan, on 3 January 1918 (number 256355) - sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, onboard SS Saxonia on 18 February 1918 - arrived in Liverpool, England, on 4 March 1918 - taken on the strength of the 15th Reserve Battalion on 4 March 1918 - struck off the strength of the 15th Reserve Battalion on 5 September 1918 - taken on the strength of the 28th Canadian Infantry Battalion in France on 7 September 1918 - arrived at the 28th Battalion on 9 September 1918 - struck off the strength of the 28th Battalion on 21 September 1918 - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion on 22 September 1918 - wounded with a gunshot wound to the buttock and admitted to No. 2 Stationary Hospital on 28 September 1918 - invalided to England and posted to the Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot on 30 September 1918 - admitted to Queen Mary's Military Hospital on 3 October 1918 - transferred to Princess Patricia's Red Cross Hospital on 10 December 1918 - posted to the 6th Reserve Battalion on 17 December 1918 - placed on command of Kinmel Park camp on 12 December 1918 - struck off strength of Kinmel Park camp on 18 January 1919 - embarked in Liverpool onboard SS Aquitania on 18 January 1919 - disembarked in Halifax on 24 January 1919 - discharged in Regina on 19 February 1919 as a result of demobilization.
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