Born on 20 June 1895 in Martintown, Ontario - son of Mrs. Matilda Bonsecour, Martintown, Ontario - attestation form notes present address in Mille Roches, Ontario, trade as mill hand, single, currently a member of the 59th Regiment for two years and three months, no previous military service, height of 5 feet 3.5 inches, chest of 36 inches, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, Roman Catholic.
Joined the 240th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Renfrew, Ontario, on 1 November 1916 (number 1042290) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 10 or 11 November 1917 - transferred to the Canadian Machine Gun Corps on 1 May 1918.
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