Thursday 29 September 2011

Private James Joseph Power

Born on 3 February 1890 in Perrault Settlement, Ontario - brother of Alice Hunt, Calabogie, Ontario - at the time of his conscription in 1918: present address in Eganville, Ontario; single; Roman Catholic; trade as blacksmith; no current or previous military service; height of 5 feet 9 inches; chest of 37 inches fully expanded; ruddy complexion; light brown eyes; black hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, CEF, in Kingston, Ontario, on 11 January 1918 (number 3055940) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 10 or 11 June 1918 - wounded on 2 October 1918 - invalided to England on 4 October 1918.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)

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