Born on 13 November 1892 in Burton-on-Trent, England - next of kin listed as Tom Arthur Brunt, Montreal, Quebec - enlistment records provide the following: trade as student, currently serving with the McDonald College, COTC (for one year), no previous military service, Unitarian, height of 5 feet 3.6 inches, chest of 34.2 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair.
Joined the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, on 8 March 1915 (number 410939) - taken on the strength of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in France on 16 July 1915 - transferred to the Canadian Army Medical Corps on 21 March 1916.
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