Born on 27 September 1897 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario - son of Florence Chapman, Sudbury, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address in Sudbury, Ontario, trade as labourer, single, currently a member of the 97th Regiment, no previous military service, Presbyterian, height of 5 feet 4 inches, chest of 34 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair.
Joined the 159th Battalion, CEF, on 27 January 1916 (number 648147) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 26 or 27 June 1917 - invalided sick to England on 31 August 1917.
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