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The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
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The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Lieut James Ballantyne, M.C.
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - J. Ballantyne
Service:
- Enlisted 8 Dec 1915, 5th University Company, regimental number 487352
- Joined PPCLI in the field 16 Oct 1916
- Commissioned 24 May 1917
- Joined RCR 24 May 1917
- Wounded in action and at duty (accidental) 15 Sep 1917
- Granted 10 days leave to the U.K. 28 Oct - 10 Nov 1917
- Granted 10 days leave to the U.K. 20 Jan 1918
- Stuck off Strength (S.O.S.) B.E.F. 26 Feb 1918 being still unfit to return to Unit
- Detached to N.S.R.D. 26 Feb 1918
- Ceased to be detached to N.S.R.D. on return to France 29 May 1918
- Joined The R.C.R. from CCRC 17 Jul 1918
M.C. Citation: [Gazetted] SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 JANUARY, 1919. Issue number: 31092, Page number: 31 - Lt. James Ballantyne, R. Can. R., Nov. Sco. R. - (Citation not found.)
Date of Birth - 16 Jan 1892