Thursday 7 June 2007

Private Thomas Henry Borris

Born on 21 May 1890 in Vankleek Hill, Ontario - son of Joseph Borris, Vankleek Hill, Ontario - 1918 recruitment form notes the following: present address in Vankleek Hill, Ontario, single, Roman Catholic, trade as farmer, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 10 inches, chest of 39.5 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 5 March 1918 (number 3057088) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 10 or 11 October 1918 - struck off the strength of the battalion on 16 June 1919.

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