BURD, Thomas Wilfred ^{1 2 3}

  Facts and details for Thomas Wilfred Burd:

• An alternative source document lists his birth date as 12 Jun 1898 and birth location as Winchester, Dundas, Ontario, Canada. ⁴

• He served in the military in WWI from 1916 to 1919 and enlisted in Timmins, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada. ⁵ on 15 July 1916 as a Private and designated as a Sapper. According to his enlistment form he was 5' 7½" tall with brown hair and eyes.

He embarked in Canada on 16 February 1917 and arrived in England on the 27th. On 14 April 1917 he was posted to France with the 6th Battalion. On 7 March 1918 he injured his left 3rd finger when it was crushed between bars on an engine. He was initially taken to the field hospital in Abberville France. On 11 March 1918 he was admitted to the 1st Southern General Hospital in Birmingham, and then on the 18th, he was transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Epsom. On 15 May 1918 he was transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Depot in Seaford. On 10 November 1918 he was promoted to acting Corporal. On the 28 December 1918 he was posted to Rhyl, Wales for transport back to Canada. On 13 January 1919 he was posted to No. 2 District Depot in Toronto and then discharged on 15 February 1919.

• He lived in Timmins, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada on 15 Jul 1916. ⁴

• He worked as a Power House Operator on 14 Oct 1920 in Iroquois Falls, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada. ¹

• He lived at 133 Alder Street in Sudbury, Sudbury County, Ontario, Canada in 1957. ⁶

• He lived at 226 Princess Street West in North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada in 1963. ⁷

Thomas married Mona Berdette STILLER, daughter of Alfred STILLER and Maud HODGINS, on 14 Oct 1920 in Iroquois Falls, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada.¹ (Mona Berdette STILLER was born on 23 Sep 1902 in Sturgeon Falls, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada,^{1 8} died on 14 Apr 1977 in North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada ^{8 9} and was buried on 16 Apr 1977 in North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada ⁹.)