Friday 15 June 2007

Corporal Walter Breaw

Born on 15 October 1879 in Coboconk, Ontario - sone of Mary Jane Breaw, Coboconk, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address in Coboconk, Ontario, trade as cook, single, no current or previous military service, Presbyterian, height of 5 feet 4 inches, chest of 39 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair.

Joined the 109th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Lindsay, Ontario, on 25 April 1916 (number 724264) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 4 or 6 December 1916 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.

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