Friday 18 May 2007

Private Leonard McClure Blair

Born on 11 February 1883 in County Antrim, Ireland - husband of Nellie Blair, Lindsay, Ontario - attestation paper notes trade as Grant Trunk Railway engineer, married, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 11.5 inches, chest of 37.5 inches, dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair, Presbyterian.

Joined the 109th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Lindsay, Ontario, on 25 June 1915 (number 454142) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 4 or 6 December 1916 - transferred to the Canadian Machine Gun Corps on 1 January 1917 - wounded on 31 October 1917 - invalided to England on 11 November 1917.

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