Source: Per direct Facebook message from Mark Carmichael, chronicler of the 116th Battalion CEF.
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FamilySearch: Thomas Ernest Beard was born on 28 October 1900, in Clapham, London, England, United Kingdom as the son of Thomas Robert Beard and Alice Beard. He immigrated to Canada in 1907 and lived in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada in 1916 and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1920. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 16, his occupation is listed as labourer in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada.
Under age. Served and then his age was discovered.
Served with the 18th Battalion from October 22, 1916, until wounded on March 13, 1917. He returned to the Canadian Base Depot in Etaples in Maym 1917, after recovering from wounds and detained there for being suspected of being under-age. Returned to Canada by December 26, 1917.
| Reg number | 745041 |
| Name | Beard, Thomas earnest |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 3/14/1905 |
| Date of Death | |
| Cemetery | |
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| Country of birth | England |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Clapton, London, England |
| Address | Galt St, Oshawa ON |
| Enlistment Date | 1/3/1916 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Oshawa |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 1/3/1916 |
| Left 116th | 10/5/1916 |
| Married | No |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Wounded date | 3/24/1917 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | GSW face, chin |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | yes |
| Sick | |
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| Vimy | |
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| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
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| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | to 18th Battalion |
| Other details | D Coy, born Oct 28, 1900, discharged Dec 26, 1917 underage |
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| Gravestone | |
| Underage | yes |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 