Born on 24 May 1897 in Ottawa, Ontario - son of Mrs. Josephine Desarmeau, Ottawa, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as driver, single, no current or previous military service, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 4.5 inches, chest of 34 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.
Joined the 77th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 26 July 1915 (number 144045) - 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 9 April 1917 - invalided to England on 15 April 1917 - transferred to the Canadian Forestry Corps on 7 December 1917 - repatriated to Canada on 17 February 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.179)
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