Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 1 March 1915 (number 410392) - transferred to the 2nd Battalion, CEF, on 25 August 1915 - wounded on 6 or 8 December 1915.
An attempt at an ongoing mass biography of the officers and men of the 38th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War
Thursday 22 January 2009
Private Coleman Farmer
Born on 16 January 1885 in Trabane County, Galway, Ireland - son of Lawrence Farmer, Trabane, Ireland - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as labourer, single, serving with the Governor General's Foot Guards since 13 January 1915, no previous military service, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest of 39 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair.
Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 1 March 1915 (number 410392) - transferred to the 2nd Battalion, CEF, on 25 August 1915 - wounded on 6 or 8 December 1915.
Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 1 March 1915 (number 410392) - transferred to the 2nd Battalion, CEF, on 25 August 1915 - wounded on 6 or 8 December 1915.
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