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Sergeant John Hilliard Foley

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1886-06-19
Place of birth: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Ester Foley, mother. Ottawa, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Roofing
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death: 1958-02-12

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 26546
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Rank detail
  1. Sergeant (Army). 1918-12-02 to 1919-02-13
  2. Sergeant (Army). 1918-10-04 to 1918-12-02
  3. Sergeant-Major, 14th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-09-09 to 1918-10-04
  4. Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-08-21 to 1918-09-09
  5. Sergeant (Army). 1918-08-20 to 1918-08-21
  6. Sergeant (Army). 1918-01-17 to 1918-08-20
  7. Sergeant, 14th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-07-24 to 1918-01-17
  8. Corporal, 14th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-03-18 to 1917-07-24
  9. Private, 14th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-09-15 to 1917-03-18
  10. Lance Corporal, 14th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-06-24 to 1916-09-15
  11. Private, 14th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1916-06-24
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded September 26, 1916, May 5, 1917 and October 2, 1918
Awards

Military Medal
Date of award: 1918-03-13
Source: London Gazette No. 30573, pg. 3250

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Date of award: 1918-07-12
Source: London Gazette No. 30792, pg. 8187

Distinguished Conduct Medal
Date of award: 1919-12-02
Source: London Gazette No. 31668, pg. 14816 and London Gazette No. 31225, March 12, 1919, pg. 3390

Distinguished Conduct Medal First Bar
Date of award: 1919-12-02
Source: London Gazette No. 31668, pg. 14895 and London Gazette No. 31225, March 12, 1919, pg. 3380

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 395076
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3169-S003
Uploader's Notes:

Son of John Harper Foley and Esther Annie Foley (nee Clayton); older brother of Raymond George Foley (Service No. 7854) and Aaron Hilbert Percy Foley (Service No. 507552); husband of Evelyn Foley (nee Fisher) married November 22, 1919

Militia: 6 years 56th Regt.

Uploader's Research notes: 14th Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 14th Battalion Base Company Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 14th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 10th Reserve Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion Company Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 14th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 1st Depot Battalion, 1st Quebec Regiment Private Army Canadian Infantry 14th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 23rd Reserve Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 14th Battalion Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 14th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 23rd Reserve Battalion Distinguished Conduct Medal First Bar Distinguished Conduct Medal Military Medal Croix de Guerre (Belgium) ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2006-08-13
Last modified: 2018-12-24