Private Thomas Edward Collings

Born on 1 October 1870 in London, England - husband of Mary J. Collings, Toronto, Ontario - at time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as engineer, married, no current or previous military service, Church of England, height of 5 feet 3 inches, chest of 37 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, grey-brown hair.

Joined the 77th Battalion, CEF, in Smiths Falls, Ontario, on 28 July 1915 (number 144453) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Bermuda on 6 December 1915 - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - transferred to the Canadian Labour Pool on 30 July 1918 - repatriated to Canada on 18 July 1919.

(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.178)