Born on 16 June 1894 in Trenton, Ontario - son of Mrs. Francis E. Chown, Lucan, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address in Lucan, Ontario, trade as miller, single, no current military service, previously served one year with No. 2 Company, Divisional Signalling Corps, Methodist, height of 5 feet 7 inches, chest of 36.5 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
Joined the 135th Battalion, CEF, in Parkhill, Ontario, on 1 March 1916 (number 803011) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 27 or 28 March 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.
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