Born on 21 December 1896 in Nippissing, Ontario - son of Clara Bennett, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as labourer; single; no current or previous military service; Presbyterian; height of 5 feet 5 inches; chest of 34 inches full expanded; dark complexion; brown eyes; brown hair.
Joined the 77th Battalion, CEF, in Smiths Falls, Ontario, on 2 August 1915 (number 144641) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Bermuda on 6 or 30 December 1915 - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - invalided sick to England on 29 December 1916 - repatriated to Canada on 31 May 1917 - discharged on 31 December 1917 as medically unfit.
(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Anonymous, An Historical Sketch of the Seventy-Seventh Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force (Ottawa: War Publications Limited, 1926), p.177)
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