Born on 20 October 1890 in Kingston, Ontario - son of Mrs. T.A. Brough, Vancouver, British Columbia - enlistment papers provide the following: present address in Vancouver, British Columbia, trade as student, single, no current or previous military service, Presbyterian, height of 5 feet 9 inches, chest of 36.5 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair.
Joined the 77th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Ottawa, Ontario, on 6 November 1915 (number 145332) - 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 9 or 10 April 1917 - invalided to England on 15 April 1917 - returned to Canada on 6 November 1917.
[also An Historical Sketch of the Seventy-Seventh Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force (Ottawa: War Publications Limited, 1926]
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