Source: 153rd Battalion web site.
“Trade listed as Organ Action Maker. DOB 1-3-80, born Grimsby, Ontario. 5 foot 6 3/4 inches. Blue eyes, brown hair. Methodist. Mary Hill, mother. NOK Phoebe Hill, wife. Enlisted Guelph 21-3-16 (age 36 years), lists 4 years service in 30th Wellington Regiment. Not found on 153rd Nominal Roll published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 29-3-18. Returned to Canada aboard SS Caronia, sailed from Liverpool 14-5-19. Demobilized London, 24-5-19. Ontario Marriage Registry (01820) married Phoebe Ann Calvert 28-10-10 at Nassagaweya, Halton, Ontario. Died 1968 buried Woodlawn Cemetery Guelph, records Block U. Photo: courtesy Find a Grave.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4360 – 17, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.”
153rd Battalion Web Site
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