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Morton John
British Lance Corporal 31st Bn. Canadian Infantry 41 21 august 1880 , Launceston , Cornwall 6 april 1916 Son of John and Mary Morton, of Launceston, Cornwall, England Husband of Laura May Morton, of 14, Oxford Grove, Ilfracombe, Devon, England (married 15 july 1915) Employed in the baggage department of the Canadian Pacific Railroad at Calgary and later became farmer 5'7" = 1.70 m 160 lbs = 72.5 kg Dark complexion Black Brown None Church of England Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot I , Row A , Stone 26 |
Military Footsteps
17 november 1914 29 may 1915 18 september 1915 19 september 1915 10 march 1916 24 march 1916 6 april 1916 |
Enlisted at Calgary Embarked per SS 'Northland' Proceeded to France Disembarked at Boulogne , France Promoted Lance Corporal Granted 8 days leave to England Died of wounds A sad fixture in commection with his death is the fact that while on leave he returnedto his home town and was married. He had only been back in the trenches but a very short time afterwards where he was so badly wounded that his injuries proved fatal. |