Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 12 April 1915 (number 411118) - transferred to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 17 July 1915 - transferred to the 21st Battalion, CEF, on 29 January 1916 - wounded on 29 June 1916 - rejoined the 21st Battalion on 17 January 1917 - wounded on 9 April 1917 - rejoined the 21st Battalion on 11 September 1917 - at some point commissioned as an officer and promoted to major - seconded as Aide de Camp, Headquarters, Overseas Military Forces of Canada, from 19 February to 12 March 1918 - seconded as a Staff Captain with the same formation from 13 March 1918 to 2 July 1919.
Awarded the Military Cross.
Awarded the Medaille d'Honneur avec Glaives, en Vermeil.
(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)
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