Born on 21 July 1874 in Wakefield, Quebec - father of Mary Burton, Montreal, Quebec - brother of Louis Burton, Ste Cecile de Masham, Quebec - enlistment records provide the following: trade as labourer, married with two children (twenty-one and eighteen), no current or previous military service, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 7.5 inches, chest of 36 inches fully expanded, swarthy complexion, brown eyes, black hair.
Joined the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Ottawa, Ontario, on 1 March 1915 (number 410243) - served with the battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France on 13 August 1916 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.
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