William Cuffe 3059952
William
James Cuffe was born on February 14th 1895 in Dummer Township, Ontario. He was
the fifth of six children of Thomas David Cuffe and Jane McMaster. The family likely farmed somewhere near
Cottesloe in the township.
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William
was called up under the Military Service Act and reported to Barriefield,
Ontario on May 17, 1918. There he was
given a medical examination and declared fit for service. He was just over 23
years old, stood 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 150 pounds. He had a medium
complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. He was single and his religion was Presbyterian. He joined the 1st Eastern Depot
Battalion, until he was assigned to the 73rd Battery of the Canadian
Field Artillery on May 27th.
He was sent to Petawawa for training sometime afterward. It was here on September 9 1918 that he was
re-assigned to B Co. of the 2nd Canadian Tank Battalion.
Cuffe
embarked Quebec, Canada aboard the H.M.S Victoria on October 4, 1918 and landed
in Avonsmouth, England 14 days later.
He
took sick with influenza on October 18th and spent 31 days in the Red
Cross Hospital in Naunton, Gloucester. On
November 18 he was sent to convalesce at the No 11. Canadian General Hospital
at Moore Barracks in Shorncliffe, England.
By this time the war had ended and Cuffe was sent to M.D.C. Wing 3 at
Kimmel Park in North Wales. He lingered
here until June 24 when he boarded the ship Cassandra
in Glasgow Scotland and sailed for Canada.
William
Cuffe returned to Canada and continued his employment as a butter maker. He married Josephine McIleva at St. Stephen’s
Church in Toronto on September 1st 1924.
Sources:
Library
and Archives Canada online: (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), Census of
1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 2004.
Ontario,
Canada, Select Marriage, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
Library
and Archives Canada online: (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), Census of
1911. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 2007.
Library
and Archives Canada. “Complete Military Service File of William James Cuffe” RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2196 – 54. Item Number: 128507. Library and
archives Canada, Ottawa.
Ontario,
Canada, Select Marriage, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
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