Wednesday 16 May 2007

Private Lorenzo Bertrand

Born on 27 November 1881 in Hull, Quebec - son of Mrs. Z. Bertrand, Hull, Quebec - recruitment form notes present address in Hull, Quebec, single, Roman Catholic, trade as paper cutter, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 5 inches, chest of 38 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 27 February 1918 (number 3320616) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 9 or 10 August 1918 - wounded on 1 October 1918 - rejoined the battalion on 9 December 1918 - invalided sick to England on 1 May 1919.

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