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Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Transcription
Call, George Walter
Captain.
Only son of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Call, 21 Spruce St., Galt.
He was born May 31, 1888 at Toronto, educated at the Dundee Public and High School and at the Normal School at Hamilton.
His parents then moved to Galt and he taught for a while in the Galt Schools.
Later he gave up teaching to study for the Presbyterian ministry.
He took courses at the University of Toronto and at McGill University but before he had completed his studies the war broke out.
He had previous to the outbreak of war been a member of the 29th Regiment and when he enlisted with the 111th Battalion he became Captain of D. Company of Preston.
He was killed in action May 3, 1917 Somme.
He enlisted at Preston, May 23, 1916.