Joined the 126th Battalion, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 21 January 1916 (number 775064) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 4 or 6 December 1916 - transferred to the Canadian Machine Gun Corps on 1 January 1917.
An attempt at an ongoing mass biography of the officers and men of the 38th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War
Friday 23 January 2009
Private George Farraway
Born on 8 March 1889 in England - son of Mrs. Eliza Farraway, Toronto, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address same as mother, trade as rivetter, single, no current military service, previously served nine months in the Civic Guards, Church of England, height of 5 feet 6.5 inches, chest of 35 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
Joined the 126th Battalion, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 21 January 1916 (number 775064) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 4 or 6 December 1916 - transferred to the Canadian Machine Gun Corps on 1 January 1917.
Joined the 126th Battalion, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 21 January 1916 (number 775064) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 4 or 6 December 1916 - transferred to the Canadian Machine Gun Corps on 1 January 1917.
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