Wednesday 16 May 2007

Private John Bisset

Born on 14 January 1880 in Lochae, Dundee, Scotland - son of Mrs. Barbara Bisset, Lochae, Dundee, Scotland - attestation form notes trade as weaver, single, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 3.5 inches, chest of 36 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, Presbyterian.

Joined the 121st Canadian Infantry Battalion in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 12 November 1915 (number 760089) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 15 November 1916 - wounded on 9 April 1917 - invalided to England on 26 April 1917 - transferred to the Canadian Forestry Corps on 26 October 1917.

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