Born on 16 December 1896 (later crossed out and replaced with 1898) in Bolton, Lancashire, England - next of kin listed as Mr. Thomas Boydell, Hawkesbury PO, Ontario - attestation form provides the following: trade as labourer, single, no current or previous military service, Church of England, height of 5 feet 4 inches, chest of 35 inches fully expanded, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
Joined the 77th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Ottawa (Rockcliffe Camp), Ontario, on 23 August 1915 (number 144986) - taken on the strength of the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in England on 6 July 1916 - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - wounded on 5 September 1916 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 18 October 1916 - wounded on 18 November 1916 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 9 January 1917 - transferred to the Labour Pool on 9 January 1918 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 28 March 1918 - wounded on 11 August 1918 - invalided to England on 16 August 1918 - returned to Canada on 20 February 1919.
[also An Historical Sketch of the Seventy-Seventh Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force (Ottawa: War Publications Limited, 1926]
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