Tuesday 30 October 2007

Private David Edward Clark

Born on 2 February 1895 in Tutor, Ontario - son of Mrs. Eliza Clark, Belleville, Ontario - recruitment records provide the following: present address same as mother, single, Church of England, trade as fireman in fire department, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 4 inches, chest of 40 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 6 May 1918 (number 3058217) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 10 or 11 October 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.

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