Friday, 7 December 2007

Private Herbert Harold Cooney

Born on 27 January 1891 in Peterborough, Ontario - husband of Daisy Cooney, Toronto, Ontario - at time of enlistment in 1915: trade as teamster, married, no current military service, previously served with the 21st Battalion, CEF, Church of England, height of 5 feet 6 inches, chest of 36 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.

Joined the 59th Battalion, CEF, in Lindsay, Ontario, on 28 May 1915 - transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 22 June 1915 (number 410710) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - invalided sick to England on 26 February 1917 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1917 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9 December 2007 at 23:04:00 GMT-5

    Found another "sometime" 21ster.
    Thanks for posting Pte HH Cooney. I see he spent some time in the 21st Btn, and it would seem under number 1112 ?. It looks like the 21st rejected him and he then went on to the 38th a little later.
    We have tried to find as many 21sters as we can. Please see our websites http://groups.yahoo.com/group/21sters/
    and http://21st-battalion-2.tripod.com/page1.html

    John P Sargeant
    Moderator

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  2. Ken12 December 2007 at 10:59:00 GMT-5

    Hi John,

    Thanks for the message and the information on Pte Cooney. I took a look at your 21st Bn CEF website - very interesting. If I run across any images of 38th soldiers formerly members of the 21st, (or attempted enlistees) like Cooney, I'll send them your way.

    Thanks again,

    Ken

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