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Enlisted in the militia in September 1913, he was assigned to the regular forces of the 163rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force with the rank of lieutenant. Sent to Bermuda, he left on November 18, 1916, and returned to Liverpool, England, on December 6, after stopping in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 26th. He was assigned to the 10th Reserve Battalion on January 7, 1917, and then to the 22nd Battalion on May 15. He left for France, where he landed on the 18th. A member of Company B, he was reported missing in action on August 16, 1917, during the Battle of Lens on Hill 70, near Cité Saint-Laurent, while organizing a supply run for the 24th Battalion.
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Page 227 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Loos (Loos-en-Gohelle) is a village to the north of the road from Lens to Bethune. From Lens, take the N43 towards Bethune. Arriving at Loos, turn right at CWGC sign post. The LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre from Loos Church in the southern part of the village.
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