Sunday 10 June 2007

Private James Boyle

Born on 3 September 1887 in Belfast, Ireland - son of Isabella Boyle, Belfast, Ireland - attestation paper provides the following: present address in Toronto, Ontario, trade as iron moulder, single, no current or previous military service, Church of England, height of 5 feet 5.25 inches, chest of 35.5 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair.

Joined the 97th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Toronto, Ontario, on 11 December 1915 (number 207053) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 16 or 17 February 1917 - wounded on 9 April 1917 - invalided to England on 14 April 1917 - later served in the Canadian Forestry Corps.

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