[cover, beneath insignia of the 147 Battalion:]
Reg. No. 838524
[paybook title page:]
The 147th Grey O.S. Bn. C.E.F.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
Reg. No. 838524
[paybook journal pages, used for diary entries:]
[1916]
Jan 6 enlisted in 147 Bn at Owen Sound
May 18 left O.S. for Niagara landed 19th
July 3 left Niagara for Camp Borden.
Oct 6 left Camp Borden for Amherst
Oct 8 arrived at Amherst
Nov 13 left Amherst for Halifax
Nov 14 sailed from Halifax
Nov 19 arrived and cast anchor at mouth of Mersey river
Nov 20 sailed up river to Liverpool
Nov 21 landed on English soil and went to Shoreham-by-Sea Sussex
[1917]
Feb 20 Left Shoreham for Crowborough
Apr 12 warned on draught for France
Apr 18 Left Crowborough
Apr 19 arrived in Bologne, France via Folkestone
Apr 20 arrived in M.G.C. Base Depot Camiers, sect 18. Can. Con. BEF
May 6 Left Camiers for up the line
May 8 joined My unite at Neuville St Vastt
May 11 up the line under shell fire
june 3 went out for Bert at [Guay?] Sains
Aug 15 . over the top north of Lens hill 70
Sept 9. reported sick and got down to the Base
Nov 29 left the Base for reinforcement Camp
Dec 16 left reinforcement Camp and joined the [Coy?]
Dec 16 joined my Coy at Au Ritez
[1918]
Feb 3 went on leave to Eng.
Feb 17 - arrived Back to my Coy
July 1 left Reviere and went to liencourt
July 13 left Liencourt for Burneville.
July 15 landed in Burneville
July 18 lift Burneville for liencourt
July 23 landed in Liencourt
Aug. 8 over the top at Longueau Amiens 18 h. 1st. day
Aug 17 Came out of of the line and back to Caix
Aug 19 left Caix and started for langueau
Aug 20 landed in langueau and entrained
Aug 21 disentrained at Frevent and went to Houvin - Houvigneal
Aug 23 left Houvin - Houvigneal and marched to petit Houvin and entrained
Nov 18 started on the march accross Belgium
Dec 5 crossed the German frontier
Dec 13 crossed the Rhine at Bonn and landed in barracks at Troisdorfe
Dec 5 left Bovigny crossed the border 11.5 5/12/18 arrived at. St. Vith 19[km]
Dec 6 left St. Vith arrived at albruthen dorf 29[km]
Dec 7 left Albruthen arrived at Blankenheimer 30[km]
Dec 9 left Blankenheimer arrived at Ivershum 25[km]
Dec 10 left Iversham, arrived at Reinback 18[km]
Dec 11 left Reinback arrived at Friesdorf 18[km]
Dec 13 left Friesdorf arrived at Traisdorf 25[km]
left Left Traisdorf on way to Floreffe
[1919]
April 8 Left Floreffe
April 10 Arrived at Le Havre
April 12 Lift Le Havre
April 13 landed in Eng at Southampton and took train to Witley Camp
May 14 left Witley Camp took train to Tilbury docks and went aboard the Minnekadda
May 22 landed at Halifax and boarded train
May 25 landed at Toronto 9 hrs. 11 hrs. had my discharge