Duff, Clarence Errol: Service no. 53259

Source: Dave Boven post from the 18th Battalion Facebook Group.

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CONFIRMED: American citizen who attested under the name of John Mack (AKA). Later to be a lieutenant and served with the 21st Battalion. Name is confirmed. Attached to 21st Bn. but may not have been taken on strength.

Summary of Service for Summary of Service for Lieutenant Cloune Errol Duff AKA John Errol Mack[i].

Date	Event	Remarks
September 24, 1884	Born	Tilbury, Ontario
October 22, 1914	Enlisted	Enlisted under the assumed name of John Mack. He claims to be born on September 24, 1884 in Tilbury, Ontario. His next of kin is a Mrs. John Krieg of South Euclid, Ohio, U.S.A. His trade is as a carpenter and he has prior military experience with the 21^st Regiment. He enlists at Windsor, Ontario under the regimental number of 53259.
November 9, 1914	Anti-Typhoid Inoculation
November 19, 1914	Anti-Typhoid Inoculation
December 19, 1914	Vaccination
	Anti-Typhoid Inoculation
April 18, 1915	Embarks for England	Leaves Halifax aboard the S.S. Grampian.
	Assigned Pay Begins
	Arrives England
June 11, 1915	Writes Will	Leaves his real property and monies to Mrs. Krieg.
June 6, 1916	Commissioned	Commissioned a lieutenant and transferred to the 21^st Battalion.
June 20, 1916	Temporary Lieutenant	To be a temporary lieutenant with the 21^st Battalion.
July 17, 1916	Granted Leave	Granted 7-days leave.
July 25, 1916	Admitted	Admitted to Cherry Hinton Military Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. VDG. Stuck off strength of the 21^st Battalion on admission to hospital and posted to General List.
August 25, 1916	Discharged	Discharged from Cherry Hinton Military Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
September 20, 1916	Attached for Duty	Attached for duty to the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre.
February 17, 1917	Arrived as Reinforcement	Arrived from Canadian Base Depot.
February 27, 1917	Left for Unit	Left for 2^nd Entrenching Battalion.
March 1, 1917	Admitted Hospital	Admitted at No. 2Red Cross Hospital for pleurisy in Rouen, France.
March 4, 1917	Updated Status	Suffering from dilatation myocardium and invalided to England aboard the H.S. Panama.
March 6, 1917	Taken on Strength	Posted to General List.
March 6, 1917	Admitted	Admitted to 1^st South General Hospital, Birmingham, West Midlands.
March 15, 1917	Discharged	Discharged from the 1^st South General Hospital, Birmingham, West Midlands.
April 11, 1917	Attached	Attached to the 3^rd Canadian Casualty Depot.
May 21, 1917	Taken on Strength	Taken on Strength with the Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot (as he was last attached to the 21^st Battalion) at Seaford.
October 30, 1917	Struck off Strength	Stuck off strength of Permanent Establishment to E.O.R.D.
November 3, 1917	Medical Board	Medical Board convened at Seaford indicating he is suffering from a combination of heart troubles and nervousness initiated from his experiences in the trenches 18 months prior to this examination (May/June 1916)
November 13, 1917	Granted Leave	Granted leave in U.K. on pending return to Canada.
November 30, 1917	Struck off Strength	Struck off strength from the E.O.R.D.
December 5, 1917	Medical History for an Invalid	Completed this form in Ottawa Military District puts him at 20% disability for 3 months with the expectations of a full recovery. “Shock from being thrown by a trench mortar.” led to “nervousness and sleeplessness.
January 24, 1922	Discharged[ii]	Discharged medically unfit in Ottawa.

[i] This soldier has various addresses associated to his service record. 1. 240 Beecher Street, Ravenna, Ohio (latest address May 25, 1921); 2. N-O-K of Mrs. M.A. Mack of 277-14^th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio (Mary Mack, wife. No date.); Mrs. John Krieg, South Euclid, Ohio (attestation papers); Mrs. J.E. Mack, R.N.S., 12 Harlingdon Road, Milhouse, Sheffield, England

[ii] This discharge appears “procedural” as his pay records appear to stop in December 1917. If he was on active service he would have been paid when he arrived in Canada.

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