Thursday, 20 December 2007

Private Elmer Milton Coupland

Born on 7 June 1896 in Port Hope, Ontario - son of S.A. Coupland, Port Hope, Ontario - at time of conscription in 1918: present address in Port Hope, Ontario, single, Methodist, trade as section man on railroad, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest of 33 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 12 February 1918 (number 3056656) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 9 or 10 August 1918 - wounded on 1 October 1918 - invalided to England on 14 October 1918.

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