Thursday 15 November 2007

Private Walter John Cobb

Born on 28 January 1898 in Buckinghamshire, England - son of Mrs. Mary Cobb, Toronto, Ontario - enlistment records provide the following: present address same as mother, trade as bugler and drummer, single, no current military service, previously served six months with the 9th Mississauga Horse, Baptist, height of 5 feet 2.75 inches, chest of 32 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair.

Joined the 126th Battalion, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 29 January 1916 (number 775804) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 4 or 6 December 1916 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion as a "minor" on 16 July 1917.

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