Ziegler, Osman “Ozzie” Frederick: Service no. 54064

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Source: Per photograph contributed to 18th Battalion Facebook Group by JoAnn Malysh.

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Summary of Service for Osman Ziegler, Reg. No. 54064[i]

Date	Event	Remarks
November 10, 1896	Born	Born at Elmira, Ontario.
October 28, 1914	Enlists	Enlists with the 18th Battalion at Guelph, Ontario. He lists J.L Ziegler (father) residing at 11 Charles Street, Guelph, Ontario as his next of kin. He is 5’6” tall and has a fair complexion and his eyes are blue. He is assigned to the Base Company.
November 12, 1914	Anti-Typhoid Inoculation
November 23, 1914	Anti-Typhoid Inoculation
April 1915	Assigns Pay	Assigns $10.00 per month to his father, J.L. Ziegler. Later this assigned pay is increased to $15.00 per month.
April 29, 1915	Arrives	Arrives with Battalion at Avonmouth, England after transiting the Atlantic from Halifax.
June 29, 1915	Admitted	Admitted to 1st North General Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Syphilis. Notes indicate he stayed at the “Tent Hospital” at St. Martins Plain.
July 12, 1915	Stoppage of Pay	Charged for the loss of a shirt and fork.
July 23, 1915	Discharged	Discharged from 1st North General Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
August 28, 1915	Assigned	Assigned to “B” Company.
September 1, 1915	Assigned	Assigned the role of Drummer.
September 9, 1915	Assigned	Assigned from “B” to “D” Company.
September 15, 1915	Arrives	Arrives France with the 18th Battalion as it is deployed to active front-line service with the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
December 3, 1915	Wounded	Wounded G.S.W. upper left arm and transferred to No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance.
December 4, 1915	Transferred	Transferred to No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station.
December 6, 1915	Admitted	Admitted to No. 8 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, France due to G.S.W. upper left arm.
December 10, 1915	In Transit	Aboard the Hospital Ship “Newhaven” from France to England.
December 10, 1915	Admitted	Manor House Hospital, Folkestone, England.
December 12, 1915	Transferred	Transferred from the 18th Battalion to the 36th Battalion and taken in strength with the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre.
December 24, 1915	Transferred	Transferred from C.C.A.C. to Canadian Convalescent Depot.
January 4, 1916	Admitted	Admitted Epsom for GSW arm.
February 15, 1916	Transferred	Transferred to C.C.A.C.
August 1, 1916	Discharged	Discharged Epsom.
August 2, 1916	Reports	Reports to C.C.A.C. in Folkestone.
October 23, 1916	Ceases Attachment	Ceases to be attached to C.C.A.C.
November 14, 1916	Admitted	Admitted at Canadian Hospital, Etchinghill, Lyminge for syphilis.
December 16, 1916	Discharged	Discharged from Canadian Hospital, Etchinghill, Lymingne after treatment.
January 7, 1918	Anti-Typhoid Inoculation
January 17, 1918	Anti-Typhoid Inoculation
April 20, 1917	Transferred	Transferred from 2nd C.C.D. to the 4th Reserve Battalion at Hastings.
November 11, 1917	Admitted	Felshaw Park, St. Leonards-on-See for gas wounds due to gas shell.
December 13, 1917	Discharged and transferred.	Discharged from Felshaw Park and transferred to No. 14 Canadian Hospital, Mears, Eastbourne, Sussex.
December 12, 1917	Medical Report	“Much improved.”
December 15, 1917	Medical Report	Recommends discharge.
December 21, 1917	Discharged	Discharged from No. 14 Canadian Hospital.
March 8, 1918	Transferred	Transferred from the Western Ontario Regimental Depot to the 4th Reserve Battalion at Bramshott.
May 7, 1918	Promoted	“To be Lance-Corporal with pay.”
January 1, 1919	Promoted	To be Acting/Corporal with pay.
January 6, 1919	AWL	Appears to be absent without leave and the order to promote him to acting corporal is rescinded.
February 10, 1919	Struck off Strength	Stuck of Strength to Military District No. 1.
February 20, 1919	Struck off Strength	Struck off strength and proceeding to Canada.
February 28, 1919	Taken on Strength	Taken on Strength at London, Ontario at No. 1 District Depot.
March 21, 1919	Medical for Discharge	Medical at No. 1 District Depot.
March 25, 1919	Discharged	Discharged at London, Ontario at the rank of Corporal. He had a G.S.W. left arm and a “TATTOO BULL DOG AND FLAG LEFT FOREARM “EGLAND”. His intended place of residence was 11 Charles Street, Guelph, Ontario.

[i] Some entries have been omitted for clarity. These appear to be administrative in nature i.e. transfers in paper.