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Showing posts with label surname j. Show all posts

Saturday, 29 September 2012

Private Reginald Clifford Jeffery

Born on 3 September 1892 in the United States - son of Mrs. Kate Jeffery, St. Eleanore, Prince Edward Island - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as shipping clerk; single; no current military service; previously served with the 16th Cavalry Field Ambulance (two weeks); Church of England; height of 5 feet 7.5 inches; chest of 34 inches fully expanded; swarthy complexion; hazel eyes; black hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 13 January 1915 (number 410321) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 6 October 1916 - killed in action on 18 November 1916 - buried in Regina Trench Cemetery (grave V.F.7), France.

(Updated with an image of Pte Jeffery's headstone at Regina Trench Cemetery that I took in August 2012).

(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; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Wednesday, 22 December 2010

Lieutenant Reginald Heber Manning Jolliffe

Born on 24 November 1893 in Campbellford, Ontario - son of the (Methodist) Reverend Thomas W. and (his second wife) Elvira A. (nee Manning) Jolliffe, Toronto, Ontario - educated at Cannington Public School, Bowmanville Public School and Bowmanville High School - educated at Victoria College, University of Toronto, from 1913 to 1914 - at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address same as mother; trade as student; Methodist; currently a member of the 34th Ontario Regiment; height of 6 feet 2 inches; dark complexion; blue eyes; black hair.

Joined the 19th Battalion, CEF, in the fall of 1914 - served with the 19th Battalion for five months after being invalided for several weeks and discharged in mid-1915 as medically unfit having contracted "rheumatism" - spent several months in hospital - joined the 182nd Battalion, CEF, as a Lieutenant in Whitby, Ontario, on 23 January 1916 - served as Signal Officer with the 182nd Battalion - departed Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 26 September 1916 - arrived at Liverpool, England, on 5 October 1916 - posted to the Canadian Military School at Thorncliffe, England - sent to the RCR and PPCLI Depot at Seaford, England, on 23 December 1916 - later transferred to the 7th Reserve Battalion, CEF - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, as a Lieutenant on 6 or 9 March 1917 - proceeded towards the front on 23 March 1917 - spent a week with the 4th Entrenching Battalion, CEF - joined the 38th Battalion in the field on 2 April 1917 - killed in action on 9 April 1917, "...after he had passed the first German line and was
approaching the second trench", reportedly having "been wounded early in the morning and only was discovered late at night" - buried in Villers Station Cemetery (grave IX.A.4), France.

(My thanks to the extensive collection of text, maps and imagery sent by Tom Jolliffe, Lieutenant Jolliffe's grand-nephew).

(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; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org; anonymous, University of Toronto Roll of Service, 1914-1918 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1921), p.75; e-mail correspondence with Tom Jolliffe; "The Fate of Lieut. R.H.M. Jolliffe in the Battle of Vimy Ridge", undated)

Wednesday, 7 April 2010

Private Armour Cowan William Jeffs

Born on 12 July 1896 in Cumberland, British Columbia - son of Dr. Thomas W. and Minnie (Mary?) Cowan Jeffs, Vancouver, British Columbia - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as McGill student; single; no current or previous military service; Presbyterian; height of 5 feet 4.5 inches; chest of 36 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; brown eyes; dark hair.

Attended Strathcona and Grandview Public Schools and Britannia High School, Vancouver, British Columbia - attended McGill University College, British Columbia, in the faculty of Arts, in 1914 and 1915.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 5 March 1915 (number 411035) - transferred to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 16 July 1915 - declared missing, presumed dead, on 2 or 4 June 1916 - "Private Jeffs was on sentry duty with Alex. Munro until 6 o'clock in the morning of June 2. While having breakfast in a dugout they were buried alive by a shell but after digging themselves out reported for duty in the trenches. Munro was sent to man a machine gun, while Jeffs remained in that portion of the line which was later ploughed by heavy shell fire. He was first reported missing, then presumed dead, but his body was never found." - name inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (panel 10), Belgium.

(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; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org; Anonymous, Record of Service 1914-1918: University of British Columbia, McGill British Columbia, Vancouver College (Vancouver: Lionel Ward & Company, Ltd., 1924), p.69)

Saturday, 13 February 2010

Private Fabien Juteau

Born on 6 January 1892 in St. Therese, Quebec - next of kin listed as Mrs. Ellen Daniels, Laval, Quebec - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as stone cutter; single; no current or previous military service; Roman Catholic; height of 5 feet 8 inches; chest of 39.5 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; brown eyes; dark brown hair.

Joined the 77th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 2 August 1915 (number 144529) - transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Bermuda on 6 December 1915 - 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 30 October 1916 - invalided to England on 1 November 1916 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 6 June 1917 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 2 January 1918 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 14 May 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 5 May 1919.

(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)

Friday, 12 February 2010

Private George Ernest Judge

Born in December 1896 in Montreal, Quebec - next of kin listed as the Reverend E.P. Judge, Montreal, Quebec - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as engineering student; single; no current or previous military service; Church of England; height of 5 feet 9.1 inches; chest of 36 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; grey eyes; brown hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Montreal, Quebec, on 15 March 1915 (number 410971) - transferred to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 16 July 1915 - captured and made a prisoner of war on 2 June 1916.

(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)

Private Osborne Juby

Born on 4 June 1895 in Castleford, Ontario - son of Mrs. W. Juby, Sr., Castleford, Ontario - at the time of his conscription in 1918: present address in Castleford, Ontario; single; Methodist; trade as labourer; no current or previous military service; height of 5 feet 8.5 inches; chest of 34.5 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; brown eyes; dark brown hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 17 January 1918 (number 3320201) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 9 or 10 August 1918 - wounded on 29 September 1918 - invalided to England on 2 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)

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Private William Henry Joyce

Born on 8 February 1891 in Quebec City, Quebec - next of kin listed as William John and the late Emile Elenore Bentley Joyce, Montreal, Quebec - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as shipper; single; currently a member of the 3rd Victoria Rifles; no previous military service; Wesleyan; height of 5 feet 9.1 inches; chest of 34 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; brown eyes; black hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Montreal, Quebec, on 1 February 1915 (number 410924) - transferred to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 16 July 1915 - killed in action on 2 June 1916 - name inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (panel 10), Belgium.

(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; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Corporal Clifford Vincent Joyce

Born on 7 September 1898 in Mount Pleasant, Ontario - son of Mrs. M.E. Joyce, Brantford, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address same as mother; trade as student; single; currently a member of the 38th Dufferin Rifles; previous served with the Brantford Collegiate Institute cadets (4.5 years); Presbyterian; height of 5 feet 8.5 inches; chest of 35 inches fully expanded; light complexion; blue eyes; brown hair.

Joined the 215th Battalion, CEF, in Burford, Ontario, on 1 May 1916 (number 270220) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 27 or 28 March 1918 - wounded on 22 April 1918 - invalided to England on 18 May 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)

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Private Harry Joy

Born on 18 March 1889 in Brighouse, Yorkshire, England - husband of Florence P. Joy, Toronto, Ontario - son of James and Emma Joy, Toronto, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1914: trade as machinist; single; currently a member of the Active Militia; previously served with the 4th West Riding Regiment; Church of England; height of 5 feet 6 inches; chest of 37 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair.

Joined the 2nd Railway Supply Depot, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 7 December 1914 (number 1222) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 11 or 12 April 1918 - killed in action on 28 September 1918 - buried in Bourlon Wood Cemetery (grave II.B.1), France.

(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; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)

Private Nathan Thomas Jowsey

Born on 1 September 1878 in Aylmer, Quebec - husband of Bertha A. Jowsey, Dunrobin, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address in Hamburg, Ontario; trade as locomotive fireman; married; no current or previous military service; Church of England; height of 5 feet 8.5 inches; chest of 38 inches fully expanded; ruddy complexion; blue eyes; brown hair.

Joined the 238th Battalion, CEF, in New Liskeard, Ontario, on 11 July 1916 (number 1036590) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 12 or 13 September 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 16 June 1919.

(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)

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Private Maurice Llewellin Joslin

Born on 8 August 1893 in London, England - son of William Joslin, Hallgarth, Saskatchewan - at the time of his conscription in 1918: present address in Hallgarth, Saskatchewan; single; Presbyterian; trade as farmer; no current military service; previously served with the Manitoba Rangers (one year); height of 5 feet 5 inches; chest of 35 inches fully expanded; ruddy complexion; blue eyes; brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, CEF, in Regina, Saskatchewan, on 15 January 1918 (number 257178) - taken on the strength of the 28th Battalion, CEF, on 6 September 1918 - transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 21 or 22 September 1918 - wounded on 30 September 1918 - invalided to England on 6 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)

Private Gregoire Joseph

Born on 5 August 1891 in Bonaventure, Ontario - son of Maxime Joseph, Bonaventure, Ontario - at the time of his conscription in 1917: present address in Bonaventure, Ontario; single; Roman Catholic; trade as labourer; no current or previous military service; height of 5 feet 7.5 inches; chest of 39 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; brown eyes; brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, CEF, in Kingston, Ontario, on 11 December 1917 (number 4020087) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 26 or 27 September 1918 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion on 2 May 1919.

(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)

Monday, 8 February 2010

Private William Jordan

Born on 17 September 1891 in Lindsay, Ontario - son of Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan, Lindsay, Ontario - at the time of his conscription in 1918: single; Methodist; trade as farmer; no current or previous military service; height of 5 feet 10.5 inches; chest of 35 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; gray eyes; dark hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, CEF, in Kingston, Ontario, on 5 March 1918 (number 3057127) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 10 or 11 October 1918 - invalided sick to England on 20 December 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)

Private Malcolm Dennis Jordan

Born on 14 September 1895 in Debuga, India - next of kin listed as Mrs. Jordan, Hazanibagh, East India Railway, India - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as agricultural student; single; currently a member of the Active Militia; previously served with the English public school Officers' Training Corps in Dover (two years); Church of England; height of 5 feet 10 inches; chest of 38 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; dark eyes; dark hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Guelph, Ontario, on 16 March 1915 (number 411001) - transferred to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 16 July 1915 - wounded on 2 or 5 June 1916 - promoted to Acting Sergeant - discharged from the CEF with phlebitis in the left leg - joined the [???] in Ottawa, Ontario, on 9 July 1917.

(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)

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Private Joseph Jordan

Born on 16 March 1884 in Osgoode, Ontario - son of Mrs. M. Jordan, Osgoode, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1918: present address in Ottawa, Ontario; single; Roman Catholic; trade as farmer; no current or previous military service; height of 5 feet 6 inches; chest of 36.5 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; blue eyes; black hair.

Conscripted into the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 14 February 1918 (number 4025050) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 9 or 10 August 1918 - wounded on 30 September 1918 - invalided to England on 2 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)

Private Walter Melville Jones

Born on 17 February 1894 in London, Ontario - next of kin listed as Mary Francis Jones, London, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as student at the Ontario Agricultural College; single; currently a member of the Guelph Canadian Officers' Training Corps; no previous military service; Church of England; height of 5 feet 7.5 inches; chest of 36 inches fully expanded; blue eyes; fair hair.

Joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Guelph, Ontario, on 16 March 1915 (number 411032) - transferred to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on 17 July 1915 - transferred to 4th Battalion, CEF, on 8 July 1916 - wounded on 21 September 1916 - wounded on 8 or 9 October 1916 - at some point was commissioned as a lieutenant.

(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)

Saturday, 6 February 2010

Private Thomas Corbett Jones

Born on 1 October 1897 in Salford, Lancashire, England - half-brother of Charles W. Corbett, Berlin, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as rubbert worker; single; no current or previous military service; Church of England; height of 5 feet 4 inches; chest of 32.25 inches fully expanded; medium complexion; brown eyes; brown hair.

Joined the No.2 Overseas Army Service Corps Training Depot, CEF, in Berlin, Ontario, on 29 October 1915 (number 751069) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 11 or 12 July 1917 - transferred to the Canadian Machine Gun Corps, CEF.

(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)

Private Percy Grant Jones

Born on 9 July 1897 in Markham, Ontario - son of Jessie Jones, Toronto, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address same as mother; trade as student; single; no current military service; previously served with the Canadian Officers' Training Corps (one year); Presbyterian; height of 5 feet 6 inches; chest of 34.5 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; brown eyes; dark brown hair.

Joined the 4th Divisional Cyclists, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 14 February 1916 (number 541182) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, in England on 11 or 12 July 1916 - struck off the strength of the 38th Battalion in England on 13 August 1916 - joined the Canadian Ordnance Corps, CEF, in England on 22 September 1916 - later promoted to Acting-Sergeant.

(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)

Friday, 5 February 2010

Major Lorne Fauntleroy Jones

Born on 30 July 1887 in West Lorne, Ontario - son of Mrs. P.W. Jones, Chesley, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: single; previously served with the 1st Hussars (three years as a private and hospital sergeant); Wesleyan; height of 5 feet 10 inches; chest of 37 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; blue eyes; fair hair.

Joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps, CEF, on 18 December 1915 - taken on the strength of No.1 General Hospital, CEF, on 9 May 1916 - attached to the 38th Battalion, CEF, as medical officer from 22 May to 19 June 1917.

Awarded the Order of the British Empire.

Awarded a Mention in Despatches.

(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)

Private John Jones

Born on 25 February 1898 in Belleville, Ontario - son of Thomas B. Jones, Belleville, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address same as father; trade as machinist; single; no current or previous military service; Church of England; height of 5 feet 6 inches; chest of 33 inches fully expanded; fair complexion; brown eyes; brown hair.

Joined the 155th Battalion, CEF, in Belleville, Ontario, on 1 March 1916 (number 636742) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 24 May 1917 - wounded on 30 or 31 October 1917 - invalided to England on 27 November 1917.

(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)