Saturday 9 June 2007

Sergeant Harry Houston Boyd

Born on 11 August 1890 in Merrickville, Ontario - son of Thomas Boyd, Iroquois, Ontario - attestation paper provides the following: present address in Kingston, Ontario, trade as bookkeeper, single, no current military service, previously served one year with 56th Rifles, Church of England, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest of 36 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair.

Joined the 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column in Kingston, Ontario, on 15 February 1917 (number 2043021) - taken on the strength of the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in France on 11 or 12 July 1917 - transferred to the Canadian Army Pay Corps on 2 May 1918.

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