Regimental Number: 101347
Rank: Private
Branch: 49th Battalion
Jack was born in Greenwood, Prince Edward Island on August 15, 1880. He filed on a homestead at SE 8-72-3-W6 in 1913. Jack enlisted in the RNWMP in September of 1914, and in the Canadian army in October of 1915. In September of 1916, Jack received a gunshot wound to his right leg at Courcelette. He was invalided to Canada and discharged in September of 1917. Jack returned to Bezanzon and sold his original homestead. He purchased another at SE 33-71-3-W6 and built a store on this property. Jack married; he and his wife had one daughter, Phyllis, who was born on October 1, 1921. Jack died on May 11, 1948.
Sources: Smoky River to Grande Prairie p. 25; Wagon Trails Grown Over p. 1148