Private Leslie Carruth Burgess

Born on 1 December 1896 in Montreal, Quebec - next of kin listed as Jean Burgess, Westmount, Quebec - enlistment records provide the following: trade as student, single, currently serving in the McGill Contingent COTC since Oct 191[?], no previous military service, Presbyterian, height of 5 feet 9 inches, chest of 34.5 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair.

Joined the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Montreal, Quebec, on 18 February 1915 (number 410907) - taken on the strength of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 16 July 1915 - wounded on 2 or 7 June 1916.