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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.