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Pte. Charles Edward Butler
Canadian Army 51st Company Canadian Forestry Corps
from:Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Grandpa, Charles Butler enlisted for the duration of the war and 6 months after with the Canadian 216th Battalion CEF, Bantams on the 5th of January 1917. I was told by my parents he was born in 1901, but birthday is listed as 1897, so I have to go with that and do further research. I knew he was short, they list his height as 5ft 1" and 103lbs. (It was funny to see Grandpa, my father and I walk down the street. My dad was 5ft 6" and I have been 6ft since 8th grade.) He sailed from Halifax on the SS Scandinavian 18th of April 1917, arriving in Liverpool 29th of April 1917. The 216th was then absorbed into the 3rd Canadian Reserve Battalion based at West Sandling on 30th of April 1917. On 30th of June 1917, he was found unfit for further training due to back issues and was transferred to The Forestry Corps at Sunningdale. He was then posted to No. 51 company in France, arriving at Harve on 7th of December 1917. He returned to Toronto, Canada on the SS Regina from Liverpool on 22nd of March 1919. He was demobilized on 2nd of April 1919 in Toronto. He was paid a total of $360. for his war service.
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