Friday 15 June 2007

Private Peter Bray

Born on 30 October 1896 in Sandringham, Ontario - son of Frank Bray, Sandringham, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address in Sandringham, Ontario, single, Roman Catholic, trade as farmer, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 4.5 inches, chest of 33 inches fully expanded, weight of 129 pounds, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 12 March 1918 (number 3057283) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 10 or 11 October 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.

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