Corporal Philip N. Bebington went overseas with the 70th. Battalion April 23rd, 1916, crossing to France in July with a draft for the    Battalion as Private. He was wounded in the knee at the Battle of Courcelette, was admitted to Military Hospital, Shoreham, and being unfit for front line service was given duties in the Hospital.

In November 1917 he was transferred to Shorncliffe Hospital and while serving, the Hospital was bombed, four persons being killed and forty wounded. Private Bebington was severely wounded in the arm, infection setting in. Transferred to No. 9 Canadian General Hospital at Folkestone where he remained until he sailed for Canada July 28th, 1919.

Discharge at London August 8th, 1919, due to demobilization.

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Height	5' 8''
Eye Colour	Brown
Age	33
Complexion	Fair
Hair	Fair
Race	White
Birthplace	Thamesville, Ontario
Religion	Methodist
Last Place of Employment	Farming for Father
Marital Status	Single
When Enlisted	September 18th, 1915
Where Enlisted	London, Ontario
Next of Kin	Father- William E. Bebington, Thamesville. Mother- Emma Lucy Bebington.

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