Born on 8 August 1897 in Lakehurst, Ontario - husband of Lillian Maude Chesney, Peterborough, Ontario - recruitment records provide the following: present address same as wife, married, Methodist, trade as student at Peterborough Collegiate Institute, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 4 inches, chest of 42 inches fully expanded, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 3 January 1918 (number 3055163) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 10 or 11 June 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 2 March 1919.
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