Wednesday 13 June 2007

Private John Thomas Braunton

Born on 15 November 1887 in Lindsay, Ontario - husband of Mabell Elen Braunton, Lindsay, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address in Lindsay, Ontario, trade as painter, married, no current military service, previously served seven years in the 6th Devon Territorials, Baptist, height of 5 feet 4.5 inches, chest of 34 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair.

Joined the 109th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Lindsay, Ontario, on 8 February 1916 (number 725227) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 4 or 6 December 1916 - invalided sick to England on 11 June 1917.

Died on 13 March 1923.

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