Source: 153rd Wellington web site.
Family Search: When Charles Alexander Hunter was born on 5 March 1898, in Egremont, Grey, Ontario, Canada, his father, Hugh Hunter, was 49 and his mother, Victoria Elizabeth Slessor, was 35. He married Loretta Veronica Marie Cummings on 7 October 1922, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Mount Forest, Wellington North, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1916 and Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1922. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as clerk in Mount Forest, Wellington North, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. He died on 15 January 1929, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 30, and was buried in Mount Forest Cemetery, Southgate, Grey, Ontario, Canada.
“Trade listed as Clerk. DOB 5-3-98 (18 years) born Egremont, Grey County. 5 foot 6 3/4 inches. Hazel eyes, brown hair. Presbyterian. NOK Victoria Treadwell, mother. Enlisted Mt Forest 24-2-16. Enlistment noted in 2-3-16 edition Mt Forest Representative. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 3-3-16, no transfers noted. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 29-3-18. GSW right arm 12-8-18, arm amputated.
Orangeville Banner 22-8-18 reports “wounded.” Mt Forest Register 12-9-18 reports “lost his right arm.” Globe & Mail Canadian Casualties Lists 15-8-18 “wounded.”
Died of Wounds, 1929, buried at Mount Forest Cemetery. (wounded at Amiens 8-8-18). Returned to Canada aboard SS Araquava Halifax, N.S. 10-1-19. Disability: Amputation right arm. Discharged Toronto 21-6-19, medically unfit.
Ontario Death Records (001597) notes death 15-1-29, pulmonary tuberculosis. NOK Loretta Hunter, wife. Worked as Postal Clerk, died at home. Headstone photo courtesy B. Gilbert. Portrait photo courtesy Mount Forest Legion.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4627 – 27, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.”
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