Monday 29 October 2007

Private Antoine Chretien

Born on 30 March 1888 in Currant, Ontario - brother of Mrs. E. Lalonde, Curran, Ontario - recruitment records provide the following: present address in Curran, Ontario, single, Roman Catholic, trade as farmer, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 4.5 inches, chest of 37.5 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 4 April 1918 (number 3320913) - 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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