Wednesday 13 June 2007

Private Melvin Brandow

Born on 22 September 1893 in North Walsingham, [???] - son of Charlie Brandow, Carholme, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address in Carholme, Ontario, trade as farmer, single, currently a member of the 39th Regiment, no previous military service, Methodist, height of 5 feet 6.25 inches, chest of 38.5 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair.

Joined the 215th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Simcoe, Ontario, on 23 November 1915 (number 797007) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 27 or 28 March 1918 - wounded on 1 September 1918 - invalided to England on 6 September 1918.

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