Thursday 7 June 2007

Corporal Albert George Bosworth

Born on 21 October 1884 in London, England - son of Albert Bosworth, London, England - 1916 attestation form notes the following: present address Ostrander PO, Ontario, trade as bricklayer, single, no current or previous military service, Church of England, height of 5 feet 3 inches, chest of 36 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.

Joined the 168th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Tillsonburg, Ontario, on 3 February 1916 (number 675452) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 12 or 13 February 1917 - wounded on 9 April 1917 - invalided to England on 12 April 1917.

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