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This is part of the attestation papers of James Rogers who enlisted in C.E.F, in 1915. His given name was Roger Games Hall and he arrived in Canada in 1914.
His was an unhappy first year and he failed to settle in his first two farms and ran away from his third to Join the C.E.F. He lied about his age and changed his name.
He served his adopted country until the duration in 1918.
Picture; from the collection of Andrew Simpson
My great uncle William Tricker was a home child
ReplyDeleteHe went to Canada with barnardo's he also died in ww1. His half sister Alice Elizabeth keats/kates also was sent but her trail gos cold then she married in 1916-17 but to who