Born on 30 April 1895 in Bancroft, Ontario - son of Jonas Brough, Wood, Ontario - recruitment records provide the following: present address in Wood, Ontario, single, Methodist, trade as farmer, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 9.5 inches, chest of 36 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair.
Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 16 April 1918 (number 3057729) - 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.
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