After serving in Bermuda with the 163rd Battalion and posted on 7 January 1917 to the 10th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in England, he was transferred to the 22nd Battalion on 20 April 1917. Disembarking at Le Havre, Normandy, France, on 21 April, he took part in the battles of Vimy and Lens, Pas-de-Calais, where he was seriously wounded. Evacuated to England on 14 July, he returned to the front on 11 December of the same year in the Passchendaele sector, West Flanders. In January 1918, he took part in the fighting at Méricourt, in February at Liévin-Lens, and in April at Neuville-Vitasse, all in the Pas-de-Calais. He was killed in action on 9 August 1918 during the Battle of Amiens between Vrély and Méharicourt.
VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
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