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Rank Private
Service # 3139634
Unit # 1st, WOR
Resident Tilbury East

Regimental number: 3139634. Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1555 – 52, Item: 91542, PDF:- B1555-SO52.   Date of Birth: 05/09/1889 in Tilbury East Twsp., Kent Co., ON. Present address:-C/O.-George Little, Courtright, Kent Co. ON. Place of Birth: Tilbury, Tp. Kent, Co. (single) farmer. N of K: David Brown (uncle) of Florence, ON. A single farmer living at the George Little residence in Courtright, ON. MSA 744121 AC. Attestation: 1/08/1918 at London, ON to 1st WOR. No military training. Medical Exam: L at Sarnia, ON. 6/10/17 (A11)

Apparent Age: 29 yrs. 11 mths., Height: 5’ 8 ½ “, Chest: 38 ½ in. , Complexion: Ruddy, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Brown. Vision 20/20., Hearing: R & L Normal. 1/08/18.

Discharge: 1st. Br. WOP., London, ON. 1/08/18 – Served in Canada. MEDICALLY UNFIT.

For further – served in Canada. Disc. 1/11/18 – at Military Dist. No. 1, ID 30-C-896 

Byron Sanatorium. Character – Good Farmer. Signed at London, ON. 1/11/18 – London, ON. Contracted Pulmonary Tuberculosis – (Cat 43) at London, ON. 3/09/18 – Bronchitis C-3. Military Hospital – Wolseley Barracks – at London 3/10/18 – 29/10.18 (TB) 

Last Pay: 28/10/18 ‘Medical Unfit ‘. Pay: $21.00- 21/02/1919 – Discharged –  Medically unfit. ID. 30 – 896 d/1/11/18 – Contracted Typhoid this summer. Category “E” To be transferred to Invalid Coldiers Commission for treatment, in sanatorium under P. C. 433 – Isolated Hospital at London, ON. 17/10/18 to 1/11/1918.    

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources Library Archives of Canada, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1555 – 52, LAC Search
Height 5'8 1/2"
Eye Colour Blue
Age 29 yrs. 11 mths.
Complexion Ruddy
Hair Brown
Birthplace 05/09/1889 in Tilbury East Twsp., Kent Co., ON.
Next of Kin David Brown (uncle) of Florence, ON.

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