Private William John Forge

Born on 25 January 1889 in Trenton, Ontario - son of Jennie Wood, Trenton, Ontario - at the time of his conscription in 1918: present address in Trenton, Ontario, single, Methodist, trade as "die cransman"[?], no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 5 inches, chest of 37.5 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 11 January 1918 (number 3055922) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 26 or 27 September 1918 - wounded on 1 or 2 November 1918 - invalided to England on 6 November 1918.