Birth date unknown (was twenty-three at time of enlistment) in Corbertson Town - husband of Antonia Obey Bear, Standing Buffalo Reserve, Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan - attestation form notes present address in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, trade as farmer, married, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest of 36.5 inches, dark complexion, dark brown eyes, black hair, Roman Catholic.
Joinbed the 217th Canadian Infantry Battalion on 8 December 1916 (number 276581) - taken on the strength of the 28th Canadian Infantry Battalion in France on 6 September 1918 - transferred to the 38th Battalion on 21 or 22 September 1918 - wounded on 28 September 1918 - invalided to England on 30 September 1918.
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