Born on 25 September 1895 in Newmarket, Ontario - son of Herbert and Jennie Bogart (nee Creaser), Owen Sound, Ontario - attestation form notes present address in Owen Sound, Ontario, trade as furnace mounter, single, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 3 inches, chest of 33.5 inches, fair complexion, gray eyes, light hair, Presbyterian.
Joined the 147th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Owen Sound, Ontario, on 27 November 1915 (number 838018) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 26 or 27 June 1917 - died on 31 October 1917 of wounds received that day - buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium (grave XXI. DD. 13).
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