This soldier enlisted with the 39th Battalion at Lindsay, Ontario on March 2, 1915, indicating his trade as a rigger. He was almost 31-years-old and was born in Singapore.
He sailed for England on June 24, 1915, with his unit and landed in England on July 3, 1915. He was transferred to the 18th Battalion while at Shorncliffe on September 10, 1915, just as the Battalion was preparing for active service on the Continent.
He served with the Battalion from that date, initially in Belgium until September of 1916, when the Battalion moved to the Somme for operations in that theatre.
He went missing during the attack on Courcelette and was later determined to have been killed in action. As his body was never positively identified he is memorialized at the Vimy Monument.
He sailed for England on June 24, 1915, with his unit and landed in England on July 3, 1915. He was transferred to the 18th Battalion while at Shorncliffe on September 10, 1915, just as the Battalion was preparing for active service on the Continent.
He served with the Battalion from that date, initially in Belgium until September of 1916, when the Battalion moved to the Somme for operations in that theatre.
He went missing during the attack on Courcelette and was later determined to have been killed in action. As his body was never positively identified he is memorialized at the Vimy Monument.
This soldier enlisted with the 39th Battalion at Lindsay, Ontario on March 2, 1915, indicating his trade as a rigger. He was almost 31-years-old and was born in Singapore.
He sailed for England on June 24, 1915, with his unit and landed in England on July 3, 1915. He was transferred to the 18th Battalion while at Shorncliffe on September 10, 1915, just as the Battalion was preparing for active service on the Continent.
He served with the Battalion from that date, initially in Belgium until September of 1916, when the Battalion moved to the Somme for operations in that theatre.
He went missing during the attack on Courcelette and was later determined to have been killed in action. As his body was never positively identified he is memorialized at the Vimy Monument.
He sailed for England on June 24, 1915, with his unit and landed in England on July 3, 1915. He was transferred to the 18th Battalion while at Shorncliffe on September 10, 1915, just as the Battalion was preparing for active service on the Continent.
He served with the Battalion from that date, initially in Belgium until September of 1916, when the Battalion moved to the Somme for operations in that theatre.
He went missing during the attack on Courcelette and was later determined to have been killed in action. As his body was never positively identified he is memorialized at the Vimy Monument.
Gravesite Details
Private, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment). Age: 31.
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