Source: 153rd Battalion web site searching for Raymond Pritchard.
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Family Search: When Benjamin Poole was born on 8 March 1894, in Port Elgin, Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, Oliver Poole, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Harvey, was 39. He married Hazel Beatrice Clarridge on 11 June 1914, in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1912 and lived in Ontario, Canada in 1892 and Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1916.
Trade listed as Mail Clerk. DOB 8-3-94 (Ontario Birth Certificate 8-3-92 at Bruce County). Born Port Elgin, Ontario. Oliver Poole, father. Sarah Harvey, mother. 5 foot 7 1/2 inches. Blue eyes, fair hair. Church of England. NOK Hazel (Claridge) Poole, wife, married 11-6-14 at Stratford, to reside in Palmerston. Enlisted Palmerston 13-1-16 (age 21 years 10 months). On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 29-1-16, no transfer noted. On 153rd Nominal Rolls as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16 and 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 14-12-17. Court Martial AWOL 17-11-18 until apprehended 7-2-19. Sentenced to 6 months. Commuted to 90 days, loss of 82 days pay. Returned to Canada for Discharge aboard SS Caronia, Halifax N.S. 22-5-19. Demobilized London, 24-5-10. 1921 Canadian Census: Benjamin and Hazel Poole, (plus 1 daughter), Brantford, Ontario.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7897 – 21, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 