Friday 15 June 2007

Private Michael Joseph Brennan

Born on 9 February 1884 in Eardley, Quebec - son of Michael and Catherine Nash Brennan, Beechgrove, Quebec - recruitment forms provide the following: present address in Beechgrove, Quebec, single, Roman Catholic, trade as prospector (miner), no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest of 36 inches fully expanded, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 15 March 1918 (number 3320707) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 9 or 10 August 1918 - killed in action on 2 September 1918 - buried in Dury Mill British Cemetery (grave I.C.13), France.

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