He attested on 8 December 1915 giving his occupation as a clerk with the CPR, joined the 32nd Battery of the CFA, arrived in England on 14 February 1916 and proceeded to France on 13 July. Present at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, he was hospitalized on 16 April 1917 and subsequently could do only light duty.
He returned to Canada and was discharged in January 1919. While working as a passport clerk in the Department of External Affairs he was taken ill and transported to St. Luke's Hospital where he died on 1 January 1920. His CWGC stone is at Lot 24. South-East part. No. 1. Sec. 29 at Beechwood Cemetery.
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