Born on 17 July 1887 in St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec - son of Mrs. Olimpe Brunet, Montreal, Quebec - recruitment records provide the following: present address in Montreal, Quebec, single, Roman Catholic, trade as shoemaker, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 7.5 inches, chest of 36.5 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair.
Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 7 January 1918 (number 3055680) - 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 3 May 1919.
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