Born on 23 March 1892 in Kings Siding, Ontario - son of Noel Corneau, Eastview, Ontario - at time of enlistment in 1915: present address in Eastview, Ontario, trade as bell boy, single, no current military service, previously served four years in the Army Medical Corps, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 3 inches, chest of 40 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair.
Joined the 77th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 22 November 1915 (number 145454) - departed Canada for overseas on 19 June 1916 - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, in England, on 6 July 1916 - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - wounded on 9 April 1917 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 8 May 1917 - wounded on 26 June 1917 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 28 June 1917 - wounded on 23 August 1917 - wounded on 10 November 1917 - wounded on 30 or 31 August 1918 - invalided to England on 4 September 1918 - returned to Canada on 14 March 1919.
Died in 1941 - buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, 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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