Born on 5 July 1895 in Cornwall, Ontario – son of Joseph Arthur Tremblay, Cornwall, Ontario – at the time of his conscription in 1918: present address in Cornwall, Ontario; single; Roman Catholic; trade as stenographer; no current or previous military service; height of 5 feet 8 inches; chest of 35 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; blue eyes; fair hair.
Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, CEF, in Kingston, Ontario, on 8 February 1918 (number 3056553) – taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 10 or 11 June 1918 – killed in action on 2 September 1918 – buried in Dury Mill British Cemetery (grave I.C.17), France.
(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; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, “Debt of Honour” register, www.cwgc.org)
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