Born on 17 December 1897 - son of Mrs. Alice Charron - enlistment records provide the following: present address in Ottawa, Ontario, trade as labourer, single, no current or previous military service, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 1.25 inches, chest of 34 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair.
Joined the 130th Battalion, CEF, in Arnprior, Ontario, on 18 March 1916 (number 788318) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 14 or 15 November 1916 - wounded on 29 March 1917 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 1 April 1917 - wounded on 27 June 1917 - invalided to England on 30 June 1917.
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