Friday 8 August 2008

Private John Dickens

Born on 19 May 1896 in Hybla, Ontario - son of William Dickens, Hybla, Ontario - at the time of his conscription in 1918: present address same as father, single, Church of England, trade as farmer, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 8.5 inches, chest of 36 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 4 January 1918 (number 3055465) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 10 or 11 October 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.

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