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CANADIAN OVERSEAS EXPEDITIONARY FORCES Discharge Certificate This is to Certify that No. 838991 (Rank) Private (Name in Full) [illegible] 147th Grey Overseas Battalion C.E.F. Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, on the 8th of February 1916, and accompanied said unit to Camp Borden Ont. On the 31st of August 1916, in consequence of Medically Unfit DESCRIPTION [illegible] OF Age 20 yrs Height 5ft 5 ½ in. Complexion Fair Eyes Gray Hair Fair Trade Clerk Marks or Scars Scar on thigh Signature of Man George L. Kress R M Kerr Officer in charge of Discharge Depot. Place and Date Camp Borden Ont. August 31st 1916. SHOULD THIS DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE BE LOST, NO DUPLICATE OF IT CAN BE OBTAINED N.B. - Any person finding this Certificate is requested to forward it in an unstamped envelope to The Secretary Militia Council, Ottawa, Canada. M.F.W.39 200m.-5-15. H.Q. 1772-39-882.