James Alfred Emmett

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

10540

Unit at enlistment:

4th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

St. Paul's United Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Welland

Birth city:

Stamford Township, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

107 Spring Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

107 Spring Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Woodworker

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Wounded

BX June 18, 1915

The name of Signaller James Alfred Emmett 107 Spring Street was placed on the local casualty list on Thursday afternoon after an official message had been received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Judson Emmett, from Ottawa, stating that he had been wounded. No further particulars were given in the message.

Signaller Emmett was a member of the 25th Brant Dragoons, having taken his qualifying course as signaling sergeant at Petawawa. On the call for recruits being first issued, he answered and became a signaller with the 4th Battalion, the “Mad Fourth,” which has received this honorable nickname through the desperate fight which they put up near Ypres and Langemarck in May last. Anxious to go, he went as a signaller, despite the fact that he had signaling sergeants’ qualifications.

Signaller Emmett was employed before the war in the wood-working shop at the Massey-Harris factory here. He was a single man, aged 25. He resided with his parents at 107 Spring Street.

The last word his parents had was a card written on May 24, saying he was well. The wounding of Signaller Emmett was officially confirmed in this morning’s casualty list.

BX March 23, 1916

Another at Ramsgate

Among the wounded Brantford men at Ramsgate, bombed by the Germans on Sunday, is Signaller James Alfred Emmett of the 4th Battalion who was severely wounded at Neuve Chapelle last May. Signaller Emmett received no less than seven wounds in the head and back and for some months in a serious condition. He is now very slowly recovering. His home is at 107 Spring Street, city.

BX January 9, 1918

Veterans Who Arrived Home – Men Reported to Soldiers’ Aid Commission Were Welcomed

A number of returned heroes arrived home last night, five returning at 4.30 and a number at 9.45 p.m. last night. Secretary MacDonald of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission was on hand to meet the trains, as well as relatives and friends of the soldiers returning. Those who returned at 4.30 were Private A.R. Springall, of the 1st Battalion who left here with the 36th; Corp. Emmett, 4th Battalion, 107 Spring Street; Pte. McQuinn, 38 Bruce Street, R.C.D.; Pte. F. Harrington, 153 Elgin Street 1st Battalion, formerly of 36th. On the 9.45 train, Pte. Burke, 111 West Mill Street and Cecil Benning, 21 Maple Avenue, arrived with others whose names could not be received owing to the welcome with its attendant excitement given to them by local friends and relatives.