Saturday 28 April 2007

Private Arthur Belley

Born 11 September 1895 in Hull, Quebec - son of Mrs. Rosina Belley, Hull, Quebec - attestation form notes present address in Hull, Quebec, trade as picture operator, single, no current or previous military service, height of 4 feet 11.25 inches, chest of 33 inches, medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, Roman Catholic.

Joined the 154th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Ottawa, Ontario, on 16 March 1916 (number 633777) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 8 or 9 March 1918 - wounded on 30 September 1918 - invalided to England on 5 October 1918.

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