Gunner Harold Albert McClatchie
Survivor of WW1
Service Biography
Harold Albert McClatchie was born at Hemmingford, Quebec, on 12 April 1896. A plumber, he enlisted at Kingston, Ontario, on 12 April 1917 as Gunner 349670 with C Battery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. After training at Petawawa, medical records describe approximately twelve months of service in St. Lucia, British West Indies, while his discharge certificate summarizes his service as Canada and Bermuda. He returned to Halifax in September 1918. He subsequently developed persistent pain and arthritis in the right hip and was treated at Queen's Military Hospital in Kingston. A January 1919 Medical Board found him unfit for further service and recommended discharge. He was discharged at Kingston on 29 January 1919.
General Information
Conflict:
WW1
Regimental No.:
349670
Cause of Death (in war):
Survived
Branch:
Army
Regiment:
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Battalion:
C Battery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Hemmingford, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
21 years
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
22 years 9 months
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Plumber
Next of Kin:
David McClatchie, father, 98 Rugar Street, Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Address at Enlistment:
12 Drummond Road, Sherbrooke, Quebec
Religion:
Aboriginal
Place of Enlistment:
Kingston, Ontario
Was a Prisoner of War:
No
Height:
5 ft 7.0 in / 170 cm
Weight:
140 lbs / 64 kg
Chest:
32.0 in / 81 cm
Expansion:
3.0 in / 8 cm
Marital Status:
Single
Prior Military Experience:
No
Saw Service in:
Caribbean
Place of Discharge:
Kingston, Ontario
Discharge Type:
Medically Unfit
Discharge Notes:
Medically unfit for further war service.
Battle Died/Wounded:
Length of Service:
657 days in service
Buried at:
Links
Ranks
| Conflict |
Rank |
Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW1 |
Gunner |
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery |
Army |
C Battery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery |
|
|
|
Service Chronology
1896-04-12 — Born
1917-04-03 — Medical examination
1917-04-12 — Attested for the Canadian Expeditionary Force as Gunner 349670
1917-05 — Training at Petawawa; treated in isolation hospital for 12 days for gonorrhoeal infection
1917-09 to 1918-09 — Served about 12 months in St. Lucia, British West Indies
1918-09-05 — Admitted with gonorrhoea after return to Halifax
1918-09-27 — Discharged recovered after gonorrhoea treatment
1918-12-09 — Posted for hospital treatment
1918-12-10 — Admitted with right-hip arthritis / hip-joint pain
1918-12-24 to 1919-01-06 — Granted leave with subsistence
1919-01-10 — Eye examination found glasses correct and no eye disability
1919-01-13 — Medical Board examined defective vision and right-hip arthritis; placed Category E and recommended discharge
1919-01-17 — Transferred to Casualty Company / discharged from Queen's Military Hospital
1919-01-21 — Medical Board proceedings approved
1919-01-29 — Discharged as medically unfit for further war service
Notes
The file records two gonorrhoeal episodes: a 12-day isolation-hospital treatment while training at Petawawa in 1917, and a Halifax admission from 5 to 27 September 1918. After the Halifax episode he developed persistent right-hip pain. The January 1919 Medical Board treated two separate disabilities: defective vision, which pre-dated enlistment and had returned to its enlistment condition, and arthritis of the right hip, which the Board recorded as not pre-existing and as contracted during the convalescent period in Halifax. X-ray showed no bony lesion.
Additional Service Notes
Enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 12 April 1917 and served as a Gunner with C Battery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. After training at Petawawa, his medical records record about twelve months of service in St. Lucia, British West Indies, from about September 1917 to September 1918; the discharge certificate instead summarizes his service as Canada and Bermuda. He returned to Halifax in September 1918 and later underwent treatment at Kingston. He was discharged at Kingston on 29 January 1919 as medically unfit for further war service.
Additional Next of Kin Notes
Father David McClatchie and mother Ruth McClatchie were living at 98 Rugar Street, Plattsburgh, New York. Father was recorded as next of kin.
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