Born on 7 December 1890 in Ottawa, Ontario - next of kin listed as Amelia Desarmeaux, Ottawa Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: married, no current military service, previously served with the Engineers Company, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 5 inches, chest of 35 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair.
Joined the 77th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 15 July 1915 (number 144044) - 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 - wounded on 18 November 1916 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 8 February 1917 - wounded on 18 April 1917 - wounded on 28 June 1917 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 3 December 1917 - wounded on 2 or 3 September 1918 - invalided to England on 4 September 1918 - repatriated to Canada on 11 January 1919.
Died in 1956 - buried in Notre Dame 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.178)
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