Born on 9 November 1887 in Cornwall, England - son of Edwin and Sarah Clement, Toronto, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: trade as tailoring, single, no current or previous military service, Methodist, height of 5 feet 2.5 inches, chest of 34 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.
Joined the 77th Battalion, CEF, in Smiths Falls, Ontario, on 30 July 1915 (number 144452) - departed Canada for overseas on 19 June 1916 - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in England on 6 July 1916 - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - wounded on 18 November 1916 - invalided to England on 19 December 1916 - returned to Canada on 11 April 1917 - died in Toronto, Ontario, on 30 September 1917 - buried in Toronto (Prospect) Cemetery (grave GWVA 37), Ontario.
(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Anonymous, An Historical Sketch of the Seventy-Seventh Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force (Ottawa: War Publications Limited, 1926, p.89)
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