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Company Sergeant Major Leslie Bradley, 1889-1979, p. 6

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Page 5 The following are excerpts from Leslie Bradley's war service record, beginning with his arrival at St. Nazaire, France on February 11, 1915 ­ the first use of German gas - Participated in the Battles of Givenchy and Festubert, May & June, 1915 - Promoted to rank of Corporal, June 22, 1915 - Promoted to rank of Lance Sergeant, August 1, 1915 - Granted seven days leave, November 2, 1915 - Attached to 1st Cdn. Div. Training School, January 22, 1916 - Admitted 3rdCdn. General Hospital, Boulogne, gun shot wound right leg & arm, March 10, 1916 ­ Battle of Sorrel - Discharged hospitals, August 2, 1916 - Taken on strength 36th Reserve Battalion, West Sanding, October 8, 1916 - Transferred to 4th Battalion, in the field, October 27, 1916 - Admitted No. 39 General Hospital, LeHavre, December 3. 1916, VDS - Rejoined 4th Battalion, in the Field, March 13, 1917 - Promoted to rank of Sergeant, May 4, 1917 - Admitted #6 Casualty Clearing Station, concussion, blown up by a shell, neurosis, November 6, 1917 ­ at the Battle of Passchendaele - Awarded Military Medal for bravery and devotion, December 23, 1917 for actions at the Battle of Passchendaele - Rejoined 4th Battalion, in the Field, November 19, 1917 - Granted 14 days leave, December 16, 1917 - Promoted to rank of Company Sergeant-Major and warrant officer Class ll, December 20, 1917 - Awarded the Belgium Croix de Guerre for bravery on the battlefield, July, 1918 - Admitted No. 32 Stationary Hospital, GSW thumb amputated, September 27, 1918 ­ Battle of Canal du Nord - Returned to Canada, S.S. Empress of Britain, Liverpool to Halifax, February 17, 1919 - Discharged Toronto as "Medically Unfit" March 28, 1919

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