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William Tracey
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Son of John Tracey
Carrols Cove, Labrador
Enlisted: 15 January 1917
Age 23
Embarked for England 17 March 1917
To France 19 August 1917
Hospitalized, Pyrexia, 25 Oct. 1917
Appointed Lance Corporal 25 April 1918
(His record notes that he lost his
swagger stick and the cost of it was
deducted from his pay, whereupon he
requested that he revert to rank of Private.)Discharged 26 June 1919
Total time in service: 2 Years 3 Months.
Note from Them Days Magazine archives:
William Tracey was underage when he enlisted. He gave his age as 23 but he was much younger, either 16 or 17 years. He didn't tell his parents he was going to join the army until the day before he was to leave.
-- researcher Ellen McDonald