Thursday 26 April 2007

Private Delval Bedard

Born on 3 November 1897 in Ottawa, Ontario - son Mrs. A. Bedard, Westboro, Ontario - attestation form notes present address in Westboro, Ontario, trade as gardener, single, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 4.5 inches, chest of 33.25 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Roman Catholic.

Joined the 238th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Ottawa, Ontario, on 28 June 1916 (number 1036118) - transferred to the Canadian Forestry Corps on 2 January 1917 - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 6 or 7 October 1918 - struck off the strength of the battalion on 1 May 1919.

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