Source: Blog comment from family member.
Summary of Service for Private Robert McHoul, reg. no. 53871
| Date | Event | Remarks |
| April 17, 1890 | Born | Glasgow, Scotland |
| October 28, 1914 | Enlists | Enlists with the 18th Battalion at Galt, Ontario. He listed his father, William McHoul residing on Norfolk Avenue, as his next-of-kin. He was a 24-year old machinist standing 5’5.5” tall.[i] |
| November 11, 1914 | Inoculated | Anti-Typhoid |
| November 22, 1914 | Inoculated | Anti-Typhoid |
| December 15, 1914 | Vaccinated | |
| April 1915 | Assigns Pay | Assigns $20.00 per month to his father, William McHoul. |
| Leaves Halifax | ||
| April 29, 1915 | Arrives Avonmouth | Arrives Avonmouth and proceeds with Battalion by train to West Sandling, Kent. |
| July 3, 1915 | Forfeits Pay | Forfeits one-day’s pay for being absent without leave. |
| July 9, 1915 | Internal Battalion Transfer | Transferred from his Company to the Base (Command) Company. |
| July 20, 1915 | Internal Battalion Transfer | Transferred from Base Company to “D” Company. |
| September 14, 1915 | Embarks for the Continent | Embarks for the Continent with the 18th Battalion. |
| June 9, 1916 | Admitted | Admitted to No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance re. shell shock. |
| June 14, 1916 | Transferred | Admitted to No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance. Condition indicated now as myalgia. |
| June 29, 1916 | Transferred | Admitted to No. 2 Divisional Canadian Rest Station. Notation re. vesicular dermatitis, acute and |
| June 30, 1916 | Discharged to Duty | |
| December 30, 1916 | Leave | Granted 10 days leave. |
| November 6, 1917 | Leave | Granted 10 days leave to Bordeaux. |
| October 1, 1917 | Adjusts Assigned Pay | Adjusts assigned pay to his father from $20.00 per month to $15.00. |
| June 14, 1918 | Admitted | Admitted to No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance re. scabies. |
| June 16, 1918 | Transferred | Transferred to No. ? Casualty Clearing Station. |
| June 18, 1918 | Transferred | Transferred to No. 61 Ambulance Train for transport to No. 10 General Hospital. |
| June 21, 1918 | Transferred | Transferred to No. 2 Convalescent Depot. |
| September 21, 1918 | Transferred | Transferred to No. 6 General Hospital re. I.C.T., knee. |
| September 29, 1918 | Transferred | Transferred to No. 2 Convalescent Depot. |
| October 25, 1918 | Transferred | Transferred to Canadian Infantry Base Depot, Etaples. |
| November 6, 1918 | Leave | Granted 14 days leave to United Kingdom. |
| November 20, 1918 | Absent Without Leave | Notation in file indicates that Private McHoul was absent without leave this date having not returned from his leave. |
| November 21 to December 27, 1918 | Absent Without Leave | |
| December 27, 1918 | Struck of Strength | Struck off strength from the 18th Battalion and declared a deserter. |
| March 21, 1919 | Taken on Strength | Taken on Strength from desertion to be with the Western Ontario Regimental Depot at Witley. |
| May 14, 1919 | Transferred | Detached from Depot Company and now On Command at Detention Barracks, Wandsworth. |
| June 11, 1919 | Medical and Dental Exam | Medical and dental exam carried out before Private McHoul leaves England for Canada. |
| June 30, 1919 | Out of Detention | Ceased to be On Command, Detention Barracks, Wandsworth. |
| July 5, 1919 | Taken on Strength | Taken on strength “pending R.T.C.” (Return To Corps). |
| July 17, 1919 | Remission Earned | Letter in file indicates remission due to the sentence having been expired. |
| Augusts 8, 1919 | Struck off Strength | Struck off Strength to Canada. |
| Augusts 9, 1919 | Taken on Strength | Taken on Strength at No. 2 District Depot, Military District No. 2, Toronto. |
| August 19, 1919 | Discharged | Discharged at No. 2 District Depot, Military District No. 2, Toronto. |
[i] For more information about his enlistment see the story The Drummer Sergeant, which outlines some of the people that enlisted at Galt the same time as Private McHoul.
