William Gale
Dublin Core
Title
William Gale
Description
On September 4th, 1878, William Gale was born in Falmouth Jamacia territory of the British West Indies.
William enlisted into the No.2 Construction Battalion CEF on September 16th, 1916, in Quebec,
Montreal, where he was given the rank of Private, passing his medical examination on September 19th,
1916, he was deemed medically fit (Canada Library and Archives). Prior to enlistment, William lived on
183 Inspector Street, Montreal, Quebec, working as a general Blacksmith (Canada Library and Archives).
During William’s time in the military, he left Montreal for Halifax as the No. 2 Construction Battalion
would further disembark from England to serve in France with the Forestry Corps in the Jura Mountains
located in southeast France (Lindsay, Canadian Encyclopedia) & (Canada Library and Archives).
William’s discharge certificate reveals William made it home on February 19th, 1919, with little to no
injuries except for two scars left from getting inoculated (Canada Library and Archives). William
honorably carried his willingness to serve the Canadian Expeditionary Forces no matter the job, from his
enlistment to his Demobilization at the end of the war.
William enlisted into the No.2 Construction Battalion CEF on September 16th, 1916, in Quebec,
Montreal, where he was given the rank of Private, passing his medical examination on September 19th,
1916, he was deemed medically fit (Canada Library and Archives). Prior to enlistment, William lived on
183 Inspector Street, Montreal, Quebec, working as a general Blacksmith (Canada Library and Archives).
During William’s time in the military, he left Montreal for Halifax as the No. 2 Construction Battalion
would further disembark from England to serve in France with the Forestry Corps in the Jura Mountains
located in southeast France (Lindsay, Canadian Encyclopedia) & (Canada Library and Archives).
William’s discharge certificate reveals William made it home on February 19th, 1919, with little to no
injuries except for two scars left from getting inoculated (Canada Library and Archives). William
honorably carried his willingness to serve the Canadian Expeditionary Forces no matter the job, from his
enlistment to his Demobilization at the end of the war.
Type
Person
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
1878
Birthplace
Falmouth, Jamacia
Occupation
Blacksmith, Soldier
Portrait Credit
“World War 1.” BCV, February 4, 1970. https://www.blackcanadianveterans.com/stories/categories/ww1.
Photo documented by Thamis Ebert William Gale son of William Gale.
Photo documented by Thamis Ebert William Gale son of William Gale.
Associated Course
Rethinking Modern Canadian History (Carleton HIST 1302)
Student Cataloguer
Kazak, Rayhan
Citation
“William Gale,” Recipro: The history of international and humanitarian aid, accessed May 20, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/recipro/items/show/595.