A white index card containing the name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County. Card also includes a photograph, a red cross and a red slash.
Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One
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A white index card containing the name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County. Card also includes a photograph, a red cross and a red slash.
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
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Kitchener Public Library
Collection
Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Transcription
Birley, Cecil George
Private.
Enlisted August 28, 1915 with 84th Infantry Battalion and transferred to 75th Battalion.
Presbyterian.
Born at Alexander, Manitoba June 8, 1892. Educated at Grand View, Tranquility and Paris Plains North Public Schools. Moved to Waterloo County with his parents in 1912.
Unmarried.
His mother is Mrs. Kathleen Birley, R.R.3 Ayr, Ontario.
He left Canada with 84th Battalion June 12, 1916 and after two days' leave in England he was put in training for scout and sniper with 75th Battalion. He went to France about August 1, 1916.
Wounded in action at Somme August 31, 1916 with machine gun bullet through spine. Died September 17, 1916 in Frencham Hospital, Bramshott, England.
Maude Bowman was born in West Montrose, Ontario, on 16 February 1885. Her father was Leander Bowman. When she attested, she was living at the Kingsley Hotel in London, England. Prior to joining the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Maude had served a year doing military nursing in Egypt under the Imperial Government.
Copyright Status
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
Reproductions
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Kitchener Public Library
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Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Transcription
Bowman, Maude
Nurse.
Enlisted April 20, 1915 with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.
Transferred to Canadian Army Medical Corps. and went to France April 1917.
United Brethren.
Born February 16, 1885 two miles south of Winterbourne on the homestead in Woolwich Township.
Graduated from the General and Marine Hospital St. Catherines, Ontario in 1913.
Single.
She served one year in Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe, England.
One year in Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt and two years in France.
She is still with Canadian General Hospital in France.
