Wednesday 15 August 2007

Private Joseph Patrick Callery

Born on 30 June 1897 in Madoc, Ontario - son of Barney Callery, Delora, Ontario - recruitment records provide the following: present address in Delora, Ontario, single, Roman Catholic, trade as chauffeur, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 8.5 inches, chest of 39 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 3 January 1918 (number 3055156) - taken on the strength of the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion on 9 or 10 August 1918 - wounded on 2 October 1918 - invalided to England on 7 October 1918.

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