Born on 1 November 1890 in Bannockburn, Ontario - son of Mrs. Mary Chambers, Bannockburn, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address same as mother, trade as miner, single, no current or previous military service, Methodist, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest of 35 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
Joined the 155th Battalion, CEF, in Belleville, Ontario, on 21 March 1916 (number 636894) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 24 May 1917 - wounded on 27 April 1918 - invalided to England on 8 May 1918 - later served with the Canadian Forestry Corps.
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