Saturday 30 December 2006

Private John Franklin Anderson

Born on 13 July 1890 in Warkworth, Ontario - husband of Ellen Beatrice Anderson, Warkworth, Ontario - conscription form notes married, Presbyterian, farmer, not presently nor previously a member of the military, height of 5 feet 3 inches, chest of 36 inches, ruddy complexion, gray eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Eastern Ontario Regiment on 20 March 1918 (number 3057483) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 10 or 11 October 1918 - sick on 27 October 1918 - died of sickness on 29 October 1918 - buried in Ramillies British Cemetery, France.

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