Thursday 11 October 2007

Private James Albert Cassel

Born on 2 May 1895 in Morrisburg, Ontario - son of Mrs. M. Cassel, Morrisburg, Ontario - recruitment papers provide the following: present address in Morrisburg, Ontario, single, Church of England, trade as butcher, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 4 inches, chest of 37 inches fully expanded, medium complexion, brown eyes, fair hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 22 January 1918 (number 3320260) - 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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