Saturday 15 September 2007

Lance-Corporal John Alfred Cann

Born on 29 January 1898 in Plymouth, England - son of Ernest Heber and Mary Elizabeth Cann, Toronto, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address same as father, trade as laborer, single, no current or previous military service, Methodist, height of 5 feet 4.75 inches, chest of 33.5 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, red hair.

Joined the 109th Battalion, CEF, in Lindsay, Ontario, on 16 February 1916 (number 725244) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 4 or 6 December 1916 - wounded on 2 September 1918 - invalided to England on 30 September 1918.

Died of an accidental drowning in Canada on 11 September 1919 - buried in Prospect Cemetery (grave GWVA 377), Toronto, Ontario.

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