Private Ernest Pretty Clifford

Born on 4 April 1886 or 1887 in Galetta, Ontario - husband of Emma Clifford, Ottawa, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: trade as driver (1915) / labourer (1919), married for ten years (as of 1915), with a daughter aged eight and a son aged four, currently a member of the 43rd Regiment, no previous military service, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest of 34 inches fully expanded, ruddy complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 8 May 1915 (number 410054) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 6 October 1916 - wounded on 25 April 1918 - invalided to England on 29 April 1918 - joined the Canadian Ordnance Corps in Ottawa, Ontario, on 16 January 1919.