Saturday 21 April 2007

Private Thomas Lee Bayley

Born on 13 March 1891 in Sydenham Township, Ontario – son of Mrs. Martha Bayley, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan – attestation form notes present address in Owen Sound, Ontario, trade as farmer, single, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 9 inches, chest of 39 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair, Church of England.

Joined the 147th Canadian Infantry Battalion on 3 March 1916 (number 838954) – taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 26 or 27 June 1917 – wounded (on duty) on 1 November 1917 – wounded on 31 March 1918 – invalided to England on 4 April 1918.

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