Thursday 15 November 2007

Private Joseph Coates

Born on 24 May 1896 in Rosile, Manitoba - son of Mrs. J.J. Morrison, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - recruitment records note the following: present address same as mother, single, Methodist, carpenter, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 6 inches, chest of 35 inches fully expanded, medium complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, in Regina, Saskatchewan, on 3 January 1918 (number 256582) - taken on the strength of the 28th Battalion, CEF, on 5 September 1918 - transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 21 or 22 September 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.

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