Private Kenneth Charles Cameron

Kenneth Charles Cameron was born at Hemmingford, Quebec, on 22 February 1920. He enlisted for active service at Montreal, Quebec, on 19 April 1940 as D-82052 and served as a Private with the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) of Canada. Before going overseas he served at Botwood, Newfoundland. He embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 22 August 1940 and disembarked in the United Kingdom on 4 September 1940. While overseas he married Josephine Dora Tailby on 16 August 1943. Cameron embarked from the United Kingdom on 26 August 1944 and disembarked in France on 1 September. He subsequently served in France and Belgium and was wounded in action in Belgium on 29 September 1944, sustaining gunshot wounds to the right thumb and left fourth finger. After evacuation to the United Kingdom and hospital treatment, he continued serving there until his repatriation to Canada in October 1945. He was discharged at Montreal on 12 November 1945 on demobilization after more than five and a half years in the Canadian Army. His service-file medal records include the 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, and War Medal 1939-45. Kenneth Charles Cameron died at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, on 4 June 1958.

1920-02-22 — Born at Hemmingford, Quebec.
1940-04-19 — Attested for the Canadian Active Service Force at Montreal, Quebec, as a Private, service no. D-82052, for the 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) of Canada.
1940-04-25 — Posted to duty with the 1st Battalion at Toronto, Ontario.
1940-06-02 to 1940-06-06 — Granted embarkation leave at Canada.
1940-06-04 — Awarded 3 days confined to barracks and forfeited 3 days' pay for absence without leave from 0830 to 1115 hours at Valcartier, Quebec.
1940-06-15 to 1940-06-19 — Absent without leave from 0600 hours 15 June to 0800 hours 19 June 1940; subsequently awarded 6 days confined to barracks and forfeited 5 days' pay at Newfoundland Airport.
1940-06-17 — Posted to Regimental Depot, Montreal, Quebec.
1940-06-29 — Reposted to the 1st Battalion and shown attached at Botwood, Newfoundland.
1940-08-10 — Embarked at Botwood, Newfoundland, aboard S.S. Duchess of Richmond.
1940-08-13 — Disembarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and proceeded to the training centre at Aldershot, Nova Scotia.
1940-08-22 — Embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for overseas service.
1940-09-04 — Disembarked in the United Kingdom and was taken on strength in England.
1940-10-15 to 1940-10-16 — Absent without leave in England from 2359 hours 15 October to 0600 hours 16 October; awarded two days confined to barracks and forfeited one day's pay.
1941-03-11 — Recorded an absence without leave of 16 days, 16 hours and 25 minutes while serving in the field; awarded 14 days confined to barracks and forfeited seven days' pay.
1941-03-14 to 1941-03-18 — Admitted sick with influenza at the Canadian Medical Centre, Canada Hutments, Bordon, Hampshire, England; transferred on 18 March to No. 15 Canadian General Hospital for further treatment.
1941-03-18 to 1941-05-13 — Treated at No. 15 Canadian General Hospital in the United Kingdom for infectious mononucleosis before transfer to convalescence.
1941-04-13 — Absent without leave while in hospital at Witley, England; forfeited one day's pay.
1941-05-13 to 1941-06-10 — Convalesced at No. 1 Canadian Convalescent Depot at Brixham, England, after infectious mononucleosis.
1941-07-31 to 1941-08-06 — Absent without leave from Witley, England; awarded 14 days' detention and forfeited 20 days' pay.
1942-01-28 — Absent without leave for 10¼ hours while serving in the field; awarded 10 days confined to barracks and forfeited one day's pay.
1942-04-07 — Absent without leave for 9½ hours and committed an additional Army Act section 11 offence while serving in the field; awarded 21 days field punishment and forfeited 22 days' pay.
1942-09-03 — Absent without leave for nine hours while serving in the field; awarded two days confined to barracks and forfeited one day's pay.
1942-10-19 — Absent without leave for seven hours while serving in the field; awarded two days confined to barracks and forfeited one day's pay.
1942-12-29 — Absent without leave for 22½ hours while serving in the field; awarded seven days confined to barracks and forfeited one day's pay.
1943-02-11 to 1943-02-12 — Admitted to 18 Canadian Field Ambulance A.D.S. with an undiagnosed gastric complaint after about three days of abdominal pain and vomiting; symptoms settled and he was discharged to duty the following day.
1943-04-15 — Applied for permission to marry Josephine Dora Tailby of Eastbourne, Sussex, England.
1943-04-19 — Absent without leave while serving in the field; awarded five days confined to barracks and forfeited one day's pay.
1943-04-27 — Absent without leave while serving in the field; awarded seven days confined to barracks and forfeited one day's pay.
1943-05-09 — Permission had been granted for his marriage to Josephine Dora Tailby to take place after this date.
1943-05-16 to 1943-05-21 — Absent without leave from 2300 hours 16 May to 0515 hours 21 May while serving in the field; awarded 27 days' detention.
1943-08-16 — Married Josephine Dora Tailby with military permission.
1943-11-14 — Absent without leave for 2 hours 55 minutes while serving in the field; awarded six days confined to barracks.
1943-12-31 to 1944-01-02 — Two absence-without-leave offences while serving in the field over the New Year period resulted in forfeiture of two days' pay and 14 days confined to barracks.
1944-01-21 to 1944-03-31 — Absent without leave for 70 days, 8 hours and 30 minutes while serving in the field.
1944-04-06 — Tried by field general court martial on charges arising from prolonged absence without leave and loss by neglect of clothing and regimental necessaries; the court awarded one year of detention and stoppages, subsequently confirmed as nine months' detention and stoppages.
1944-07-06 — While serving in the United Kingdom, his nine-month detention sentence from the 6 April 1944 court martial was suspended effective this date.
1944-07-08 — Released from Canadian Detention Barracks in the United Kingdom after the nine-month detention sentence had been suspended effective 6 July.
1944-07-31 to 1944-08-01 — Absent without leave for 12 hours 1 minute while serving in the field; admonished and forfeited one day's pay.
1944-08-06 to 1944-08-25 — Absent without leave for 19 days, 1 hour and 40 minutes until apprehended by Canadian Provost Corps at Queen's Road, Brighton, England; forfeited pay and the cost of apprehension.
1944-08-26 — Embarked from the United Kingdom for the continental theatre.
1944-08-31 — Struck off strength of 4 Canadian Infantry Reinforcement Unit to 2 Canadian Base Reinforcement Group.
1944-09-01 — Disembarked in France.
1944-09-08 — Punished while serving in the field for conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline involving improper possession of a French military medal; awarded 27 days field punishment and forfeited 14 days' pay.
1944-09-11 — Struck off strength of the X-4 reinforcement list in France for posting to the Royal Highlanders of Canada / Black Watch.
1944-09-12 — Taken on strength in France from the X-4 reinforcement list with the Royal Highlanders of Canada / Black Watch.
1944-09-29 — Wounded in action in Belgium, sustaining gunshot wounds to the right thumb and left fourth finger.
1944-10-01 — Admitted to No. 16 General Hospital in continental Europe after being wounded in action.
1944-10-04 — Evacuated from the continental theatre to the United Kingdom after being wounded.
1944-10-05 — Admitted to Park Prewett Hospital at Basingstoke, England, with a shrapnel wound of the right hand caused by enemy action.
1944-10-06 to 1944-10-23 — Hospitalized at No. 11 Canadian General Hospital in the United Kingdom for the wounds sustained in Belgium; transferred to No. 4 Canadian Convalescent Depot on 23 October.
1944-10-14 — A casualty notification was sent to his mother, Mrs. Sylvia Cameron, at Rougemont, Quebec, reporting that he had been slightly wounded in action and that the wound was a bullet wound of the right thumb.
1944-10-23 to 1944-11-07 — After discharge from No. 11 Canadian General Hospital in the United Kingdom on 23 October, Cameron did not immediately report to No. 4 Canadian Convalescent Depot. Canadian Military Headquarters correspondence treated the interval to 7 November as an administrative reporting gap and initially considered him apparently absent without leave; later formal conduct and War Service Gratuity records establish the charged absence as 30 October to 8 November 1944.
1944-10-30 to 1944-11-08 — Absent without leave for 8 days 13 hours 30 minutes while serving in the field; awarded 14 days field punishment and forfeited 14 days' pay.
1944-12-15 — In the United Kingdom, gave a cautioned statement during a Service Investigation Section inquiry into duplicate £21 cheque payments, admitting that he knowingly cashed a further £21 cheque at the Alexander Hotel, Aldershot, England, after already receiving the same amount.
1944-12-15 — Left the place of parade without permission while serving in the field; awarded seven days confined to barracks and forfeited seven days' pay.
1944-12-22 to 1944-12-28 — Absent without leave until apprehended by Canadian Provost Corps at Guildford, England; awarded 28 days' detention and forfeited 35 days' pay in total.
1945-01-17 to 1945-01-25 — Hospitalized at No. 22 Canadian General Hospital, Bramshott, England, with a cold causing headache, fever and sore throat; returned to duty after rapid recovery.
1945-01-25 — Released from detention at Headley Downs, England, after the December 1944 absence-without-leave sentence; four days' remission had been earned.
1945-01-30 — Also committed a 40-minute absence without leave while serving in the field and was awarded three days confined to barracks.
1945-01-30 — While serving in the United Kingdom, the previously suspended nine-month detention sentence was put into execution.
1945-02-16 — Admitted to Canadian Detention Barracks in the United Kingdom to serve the reactivated detention sentence.
1945-03-16 — While in the United Kingdom, a psychiatric/selection review at Canadian Detention Barracks recommended return to operational infantry duty if fit.
1945-04-16 — While in the United Kingdom, struck off strength of No. 10 Repatriation Depot to the Y2 List, 5 Canadian Infantry Training Regiment.
1945-05-03 — Released from detention in the United Kingdom and granted 87 days' remission of the remaining sentence.
1945-05-27 to 1945-07-09 — Absent without leave for 43 days while serving with Canadian reinforcement/repatriation units in the United Kingdom.
1945-06-15 to 1945-06-16 — Committed an additional credit-by-fraud offence at Eastbourne, England, obtaining 6s. 6d.; the Sussex Police report says he later admitted the offence.
1945-07-04 to 1945-07-05 — Admitted to St. Mary's Hospital, Eastbourne, after a splinter injury to the right hand; X-ray showed no bony injury and he was discharged the next day at Eastbourne, Sussex, England.
1945-07-06 — Arrested at Eastbourne, England, on civilian charges of stealing jewellery valued at £70 from a dwelling house and obtaining 12s. 6d. credit by fraud; remanded to H.M. Prison, Lewes.
1945-07-16 — At Eastbourne, England, Magistrates' Court, pleaded guilty to the civilian theft and credit-by-fraud charges and was fined £5 and £3 respectively; the court ordered restitution of the recovered property.
1945-07-22 — Struck off strength in the United Kingdom of 5 Canadian Infantry Training Regiment to No. 11 Canadian Repatriation Depot.
1945-07-23 — Taken on strength in the United Kingdom of No. 11 Canadian Repatriation Depot from 5 Canadian Infantry Training Regiment.
1945-07-25 — Movement to Canada was stopped in the United Kingdom pending completion of disciplinary action following the civilian case and his military absence.
1945-07-25 — Tried in the United Kingdom by field general court martial for the 43-day absence without leave and sentenced to 120 days' detention.
1945-07-27 — Admitted to a detention wing in the United Kingdom after the second field-general-court-martial sentence.
1945-07-31 — The 120-day detention sentence was promulgated in the United Kingdom.
1945-08-10 — Committed in the United Kingdom to No. 3 Canadian Military Prison and Detention Barracks.
1945-09-18 — In the United Kingdom, Canadian Military Headquarters directed that the balance of the 120-day detention sentence be remitted effective the date of embarkation for Canada.
1945-09-20 — At Canadian Military Headquarters in London, England, a confidential memorandum recommended Cameron's return to Canada and discharge under RO 1029(8) for misconduct; this was a recommendation only and was not the final discharge basis.
1945-09-22 — In the United Kingdom, Canadian Military Headquarters cancelled the stoppage preventing his draft to Canada.
1945-09-24 — Struck off strength in the United Kingdom to No. 1 Canadian Repatriation Depot.
1945-10-13 — Released in the United Kingdom from No. 3 Canadian Military Prison and Detention Barracks after the 120-day detention sentence; the conduct-sheet stamp records release on 13 October 1945 with remission earned under detention rules.
1945-10-15 — Struck off strength in the United Kingdom of the Canadian Army Overseas through No. 1 Canadian Repatriation Depot, ending qualifying overseas service.
1945-10-15 — Thirty-seven days of the 120-day detention sentence were remitted effective 15 October 1945, the recorded date of embarkation from the United Kingdom for Canada.
1945-10-22 — Returned to Canada after overseas service.
1945-11-12 — Discharged from the Canadian Army as a Private at Montreal, Quebec.