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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Shetland Isles
• Land Scotland
• Profession Streetcar Conductor
• Extra info Commemorated: Nelson, BC Cenotaph

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 20 May 1915, Vernon, British Columbia
• Service number 442405
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 54th Bn. Central Ontario (Kootenay) Regiment

Death

• Wounded St. Eloi
  He took part in operations East of Ypres and whilst running to avoid an exploding shell was wounded by shrapnel and sustained a broken thigh.
• Type of wounds Died of wounds at n°10 CCS.
• Died at the age of 43
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX - D - 2A

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