Born on 21 April 1885 in Innistallan Township, Ontario - son of Mrs. Margaret Birmingham, St. Thomas, Ontario - attestation form notes present address in St. Thomas, Ontario, trade as boilermaker, single, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 6 inches, chest of 36 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, Roman Catholic.
Joined the 91st Canadian Infantry Battalion in St. Thomas, Ontario, on 18 January 1916 (number 189885) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 20 or 21 August 1916 - died on 2 November 1916 of wounds received that day - buried in Contay British Cemetery, France (III.E.33).
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