McIntyre, Wesley Calvin: Service no. 880707

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Source: Email from Jason McIntyre.

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Summary of Service for Private Wesley McIntyre, reg. no. 880707

Date	Event	Remarks
November 5, 1896 (Possibly 1898)	Born Lambton County, Ontario Canada	This soldier lists his next-of kin as Mrs. Archie McIntyre of Petrolia, Ontario[i]. His trade or calling is that of a farmer. He has not prior military experience
April 19, 1916	Enlisted in 186th Overseas Battalion.	Enlists in Chatham, Ontario during the formation of this battalion.
April 22, 1916 to April 7, 1917	Active duty in Canada with the 186th Battalion.	His service card shows a clean record.
May 6, 1916 to August 7, 1916	Military Hospital, London, Ontario	Hospitalized for otitis media, an inflammatory disease of the middle ear.[ii]
March 28, 1917	Unit sales for England
April 1917	Assigns pay to mother	Assigns $15.00 per month of his pay to his mother.
April 7, 1917	Unit Arrives in England	Battalion shipped via S.S. Lapland.
April 7, 1917	Taken on Strength with the 4th Reserve Battalion	Bramshott, England
August 28, 1917	TOS with 18th Battalion	France
November 8 to 28, 1917	Ill with PUO (pyrexia of unknown origin – a flu)	Transferred from 2/1 Home Countries Field Ambulance then to No. 64 Casualty Clearing Station to hospitals in Rouen, Boulogne, and Bouchy France.
February 14, 1918	Arrives Canadian Corp Reinforcement Camp
February 26, 1918	Attached to the 4th Canadian Machine Gun Company	In the field (on the Continent).
March 31, 1918	Assigned to the 2nd Canadian Machine Gun Battalion	In the field (on the Continent).
April 20, 1918	Struck of Strength from the 18th Battalion and assigned to the 2nd Canadian Machine Gun Battalion	In the field (on the Continent).
September 24, 1918	Granted 14 days’ leave.
October 11, 1918	Returns from leave.
December 1918	Re-assigns pay to sister	Assigns $15.00 per month to his sister, Maud.
December 31, 1918	Forfeits 3 days pay	Absent with out leave from 21:00 hours December 26 to 17:00 hours December 27, 1918.
April 12, 1919	Proceeds to England	Via Le Harve, France.
July 25, 1919	Struck of Strength	Leaves for Canada
August 8, 1919	Demobilized	Demobilized at No. 1 District Depot (London) and his unit of service is recognized as 2nd Canadian Machine Gun Battalion.

[i] His assigned pay document indicates this is Mrs. Caroline McIntyre residing at 103 Maud Street, Petrolia, Ontario. It appears that at a later date he reassigned his pay to his sister Maudie McIntyre at the same address.

[ii] For more information on this please see the following Wikipedia article.