Joined the 59th Battalion, CEF, on 10 June 1915 - transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Barriefield, Ontario, on 22 June 1915 (number 410734) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - wounded on 6 February 1917 - died of those wounds on 7 February 1917 - buried in Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension (grave C.11), France.
An attempt at an ongoing mass biography of the officers and men of the 38th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Private Neville Ferris
Born on 31 March 1892 in Gananoque, Ontario (CWGC database lists him as Christopher Neville Ferris) - son of Charles Henry and Mary Jane Ferris, Brockville, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as mechanist helper, single, currently a member of the S.S. Corps [?], previously served in the 41st Regiment (three years), height of 5 feet 4.5 inches, chest of 35 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair.
Joined the 59th Battalion, CEF, on 10 June 1915 - transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Barriefield, Ontario, on 22 June 1915 (number 410734) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - wounded on 6 February 1917 - died of those wounds on 7 February 1917 - buried in Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension (grave C.11), France.
Joined the 59th Battalion, CEF, on 10 June 1915 - transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Barriefield, Ontario, on 22 June 1915 (number 410734) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - wounded on 6 February 1917 - died of those wounds on 7 February 1917 - buried in Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension (grave C.11), France.
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