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Rank Private
Service # 400997
Unit # 1st, 33rd Bn., 3rd Tunnellers
24th Reg. Yes
Resident Chatham

Regimental number: 400997 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2246 – 7 Date of Birth 03/07/1894 at Chatham, ON. Married to Lucy and living at 86 Murray St., Chatham. Member of 24th Kent Regt. A carriage trimmer.  Attestation: 1/03/1915 at London, ON to 1st Bn. Ernest also served in 33rd Bn., and the 3rd Tunnellers. Reported returned from O/S service CDP 20/03/18. Discharged from service 25/05/1918, medically unfit due to service reported by family as he suffered a shrapnel wound and was gassed. He was returning to Thamesville, who resides on Murray Street.   

Family information from: Jack Custance of R.R.#9, Chatham, son of Ernest.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources Chatham Daily Planet (20-03-1918), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2246 - 7, IODE-IS.
Birthplace 03/07/1894 at Chatham, ON.

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