Source: 153rd Wellington Site, 30th Regiment.
“Trade listed as Laborer. DOB 30-9-91, born Simcoe County. NOK Alice Armstrong, wife. Enlisted 18th Battalion Guelph 24-10-14 (age 23 years 1 month), lists service in Militia (30th). 5 foot 6 inches. Brown eyes, dark brown hair. Church of England. Embarked with 18th Battalion 18-4-15, Halifax, SS Grampion. Various hospitalizations upon arrival England. Discovered suffering from TB, returned to Canada aboard SS Scandanavian 16-5-16. Medical Board Quebec P.Q. 20-5-16 recommends discharge, adhesions from appendicitis operation. Discharged Toronto 27-11-16, medically unfit. Medical Board London 8-11-17, TB, recommends solder be re-attested for 3 months treatment. Spent two months in Byron Sanitorium, London. 4-3-18, discharged Medically Unfit. DVA notice reports death 1-10-64, no further information.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 235 – 57.”Trade listed as Laborer. DOB 30-9-91, born Simcoe County. NOK Alice Armstrong, wife. Enlisted 18th Battalion Guelph 24-10-14 (age 23 years 1 month), lists service in Militia (30th). 5 foot 6 inches. Brown eyes, dark brown hair. Church of England. Embarked with 18th Battalion 18-4-15, Halifax, SS Grampion. Various hospitalizations upon arrival England. Discovered suffering from TB, returned to Canada aboard SS Scandanavian 16-5-16. Medical Board Quebec P.Q. 20-5-16 recommends discharge, adhesions from appendicitis operation. Discharged Toronto 27-11-16, medically unfit. Medical Board London 8-11-17, TB, recommends solder be re-attested for 3 months treatment. Spent two months in Byron Sanitorium, London. 4-3-18, discharged Medically Unfit. DVA notice reports death 1-10-64, no further information.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 235 – 57.”
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 