Tuesday 28 October 2008

Private Joseph Harry Dummitt

Born on 19 April 1885 in Haliburton, Ontario - son of Mrs. Elizabeth Dummitt, Peterborough, Ontario - at the time of his conscription in 1918: present address same as mother, widower, Church of England, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 10.5 inches, chest of 36.5 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 15 January 1918 (number 3056111) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 26 or 27 September 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

This private was my maternal grandfather. Your information comes from his conscription papers, I see. I got copies from National Archives so I recognize the nature of the info. Nice of you to keep the reason for his change of battalion off the page. I know what is it, and was mighty surprised by it, but not really, given what these guys were facing when they were going to be shipped overseas. The result of that situation was that he spent months in treatment. The Eastern Ontario shipped to France from England without him, and he was assigned to the 38th in early October 1918, making to the field for one last month of combat. What he told family of these details doesn't match with the official history, which I consulted. What is true and what is false in war, eh?