Sunday 23 September 2007

Private Joseph Carroll

Born on 10 April 1890 in Liverpool, England - son of Annie Carroll, Liverpool, England - enlistment records provide the following: trade as clerk, single, no current or previous military service, Church of England, height of 5 feet 2 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.

Joined the 83rd Battalion, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 7 August 1915 (number 171054) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion on 5 or 6 June 1917 - wounded on 27 September 1918 - invalided to England on 2 October 1918.

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