Born on 15 May 1894 in Milford, Ontario - son of John Dere Brown, Milford, Ontario - recruitment records provide the following: present address in Milford, Ontario, single, Methodist, trade as farmer, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 3 inches, chest of 37 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.
Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 27 March 1918 (number 3057516) - taken on the strength of the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in France on 10 or 11 October 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.
No comments:
Post a Comment