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Canadian Soldiers of World War 1, 1914-1918
No. 2 M. D. 1st Depot Battalion, 2nd C. O. R. Regiment, M. S. A., Regtl. No. D3107621, Particulars of Recruit, Drafted Under Military Service Act, 1917, Class One, Surname Swarts, Christian Name John Charlton, Present Address R. R. #2, Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada, Military Service Act letter and number 804341 BC., Date of Birth 23rd August 1897, Place of Birth Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada, Single, Religion Baptist, Trade or Calling Farm Hand, Name of Next of Kin Albert Swarts, Father, Address of Next of Kin R. R. #2, Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada, Member of Active Militia No, Previous Military Service None, Medical Examination under Military Service Act: - Place Hamilton, Ontario, Date 21st March 1918, Category A-2, Declaration of Recruit: I, John Charlton Swarts, do solemnly declare that the above particulars refer to me,and are true, Signed J. C. Swarts, Description on Calling Up Apparent Age 20 Years 7 Months, Height 5 ft. 6 1/2 ins., Chest Measuremant fully expanded 39 ins. Range of expansion 2 ins., Complexion Fresh, Eyes Brown, Hair Brown, Distinctive Marks Vaccs. never, Visual acuity both eyes D15, Hearing Normal, Signed J. R. McEwan Major, 1st Depot Bn., 2nd C. O. R., Hamilton, Ontario, 21st March 1918
Haldimand Marriages, Walpole - John Charlton Swarts, Aged 24 Years, Resides Walpole, Born Walpole, Bachelor, Blacksmith, Baptist, Father Albert Swarts, Born Walpole Township, Mother Carrie Rauch, Rhea Yevetta Harris, Aged 24 Years, Resides Walpole, Born Walpole, Spinster, At Home, Methodist, Father William Harris, Born Walpole Township, Mother Lydia Dennis, Witnesses Lloyd Swarts, Nanticoke, Elizabeth Stengel, Selkirk, Ontario, 24th May 1922 at Walpole, Haldimand, Solemnized by M. E. Siple, Jarvis R. R. 4, Baptist, J. T. Park Issuer of Marriage Licenses at Hagersville
Charlton Swarts had a blacksmith shop in Cheapside, Ontario in the early 1940s
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