Born on 19 March 1889 in Buckingham, Quebec - son of Jean B. Doré, St. Walburg, Saskatchewan - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as tinsmith, single, no current or previous military service, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 5.5 inches, chest of 34 inches fully expanded, medium complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.
Joined the 77th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 12 August 1915 (number 144305) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, as a Lance-Corporal in Bermuda on 6 December 1915 - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - wounded on 2 or 6 November 1916 - invalided to England on 12 November 1916 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 23 or 24 June 1917 - wounded on 28 August 1917 - invalided to England on 31 August 1917 - later served with reserve units as an acting-lance-corporal - repatriated to Canada on 16 January 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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