Born on 18 May 1899 in Font Hill, Ontario - son of Elizabeth Carter, Font Hill, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address in Font Hill, Ontario, trade as machine hand, single, no current or previous military service, Baptist, height of 5 feet 10 inches, chest of 38 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, good teeth.
Joined the Divisional Signal Company, CEF, in Hamilton, Ontario, on 21 May 1917 (number 2265473) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 10 or 11 June 1918 - wounded on 28 or 29 September 1918 - invalided to England on 9 October 1918.
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