Thursday 18 October 2007

Private Alfred Joseph Oscar Chevrier

Born on 11 March 1889 in Ottawa, Ontario - son of Mrs. U. Chevrier, Ottawa, Ontario - recruitment records provide the following: present address same as mother, single, Roman Catholic, trade as driver, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 4 inches, chest of 35 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 12 March 1918 (number 3320700) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 10 or 11 October 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.

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