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Rank Private
Service # 769078
Unit # 18th, 124th battatlion
Resident Raleigh Twsp.
Books Of Rememberance Page Available

Private Humphrey trained at Toronto and Niagara-on-the-lake with the 124th battalion, embarking for overseas Aug. 8, 1916.

He was stationed at Bramshott Camp until Sept. 4, when he proceeded to France attached to the 18th battalion.

He received his first good conduct stripe Feb. 23, 1918.

During military operations in the vicinity of Vis-en-Artois, Aug. 28, he was hit by shrapnel from an enemy shell and instantly killed.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Cenotaph Chatham and Kent County Cenotaph - Chatham
Sources Chatham Daily Planet (20-09-1918), Park Street Methodist Church, Books of Remembrance for the Great War 1914 - 18. At St. Andrews UC, Chatham - January 2010, Chatham Daily Planet (27-09-1919)
Supplemental Information Father: Albert Humphrey, Chatham Mother: Mrs. Elizabeth Humphrey Sister: Effie
Height 5'10"
Eye Colour grey
Age grey
Complexion medium
Hair brown
Race white
Birthplace Dunham P.O. Quebec
Religion Methodist
Last Place of Employment Farmer in Raleigh Township
Marital Status single
When Enlisted Dec. 20, 1915
Where Enlisted Toronto, Ontario

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