Formed in early 1915, the 6th Brigade formed part of the 2nd Canadian Division that was raised as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Departing Canada in May 1915, further training was conducted in the United Kingdom around Shorncliffe before the Brigade was committed to the Western Front in September 1915. John embarked from Halifax, Canada on the 23/11/1916 and arrived in Liverpool on the 30/11/1916 aboard the S.S "Mauretania". He was posted to the 6th Brigade on the 09/03/1917. He originally enlisted in the 79th Depot Battery in Montreal on the 25/08/1916. John was granted 14 days leave on the 28/12/1917. He was killed by a bomb from an enemy aeroplane after 2 years in France. John's grave photo kindly donated by my friends Jimmy Lang and Dennis Beck who visited many Cemeteries in France and Belgium in April 2024. John is also remembered in the Canadian WW1 Book of Remembrance (see photos). THE 6th BRIGADE WAR DIARY FROM AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1918 IS FREE TO VIEW
Here See photos for John's name on the outward passenger list to Canada on the 30/07/1910, Queant Road Cemetery, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report x 2, his Reburial Form, his Attestation Papers x 2, his Service Records x 21 and the Canadian Field Artillery Cap Badge. John's grave inscription reads "A LINK DEATH CANNOT SEVER LOVE & REMEMBRANCE LAST FOR EVER". Finally, see photos for Newspaper clippings x 2 from the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser 21/09/1918.
