Born on 1 July 1892 in Apple Hill, Charlottenburg, Ontario - next of kin listed as Mrs. John Christie, Apple Hill, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: trade as student, single, no current military service, previously served with the Officer Training Corps at Guelph, Presbyterian, height of 5 feet 5 inches, chest of 38 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair to dark hair.
Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Guelph, Ontario, on 23 March 1915 (number 411013) - taken on the strength of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 16 July 1915 - wounded on 26 April 1917 - died of his wounds on 31 October 1917.
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