Rank | Lieutenant / Gunner |
Service # | 89140 |
Unit # | 25th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery |
Resident | Chatham |
Gunner M.P. Pearson, went overseas August 1915, proceeding to France January 1916. He was wounded January 1917 and upon recovery received a commission in R.A.F. and was engaged in flying with British over English Channel when Armistice was signed.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Sources | IODE, Chatham Daily Planet (16-03-1915), Park Street Methodist Church, Books of Remembrance for the Great War 1914 - 18. At St. Andrews UC, Chatham - January 2010, Chatham Daily Planet (03-01-1916), Chatham Daily Planet (01-05-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (02-05-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (09-04-1918) |
Birthplace | Kleinburg, Ontario |
Religion | Methodist |
When Enlisted | March 1915 |
Where Enlisted | Toronto |
Next of Kin | Mr.& Mrs. E. A. Pearson |
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