Friday 18 May 2007

Private Wilfred Bisson

Born on 13 January 1895 in Ottawa, Ontario - son of Mrs. J. Bisson, Ottawa, Ontario - recruitment form notes present address in Ottawa, Ontario, single, Roman Catholic, trade as splicer (rope), no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 2.5 inches, chest of 36 inches, medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 30 January 1918 (number 4025002) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 10 or 11 October 1918 - struck off the strength of the battalion on 16 June 1919.

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