Sunday 21 January 2007

Private William Burton Atkins

Born on 25 January 1893 in Bromley, Kent, England - brother of Clara May Atkins, Bromley, Kent, England - enlistment form notes present address in Peterborough, Ontario, single, Church of England, trade as farmer, no previous military service, currently a member of the 77th Regiment, height of 5 feet 5.5 inches, chest of 37 inches, medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, on 15 January 1918 (number 3055716) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 10 or 11 June 1918 - struck off the strength of the battalion on 16 June 1919.

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