James Claude Charles Port

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

506635

Unit at enlistment:

Canadian Engineers Training Depot

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Oakwood Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot - Simcoe, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Devonshire

Birth city:

Plymouth

Address at enlistment:

303 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

6 Embankment Terrace, Laira, Plymouth, England

Trade or calling:

Carpenter

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX January 4, 1936

J.C. Port Died in the Norfolk General Hospital – Out of Work, Had Been Living in a Shack Near Vittoria

SIMCOE, January 4 – (From Staff Representative) – James C. Port, unemployed war veteran, was fatally injured when kicked by his horse on a woodlot on Concession 7, Charlotteville, near Vittoria, Thursday afternoon. He had been resident in the district about six years. Out of regular employment, he was living alone in a shack on the woodlot which is owned by Robert W. Sowden. His horse had been out for exercise, and he went about 3 o’clock in the afternoon to bring it in to the stable. As he approached the animal it suddenly turned and kicked at him, striking him in the chest. Edward Goold who happened to be calling on Port at the time, had his car there and brought the injured man to Simcoe where he was attended by Dr. R.B. Hare, and admitted to the hospital. He succumbed an hour after admission.

Deceased was born in the Old Country, but most of his life since childhood had made his home in Brantford, where he was well known as a builder, having constructed a number of homes in West Brantford, and elsewhere. When war broke out he was one of the first from Brantford to enlist, and served throughout most of the war. After the war he continued his residence in Brantford until about six years ago when he came to Charlotteville. He had suffered to some extent since his return from overseas from the effects of shell shock. Simcoe Branch of the Canadian Legion is in charge of the funeral which is being held tomorrow afternoon from Walsh’s Funeral Parlors, Simcoe to Oakwood Cemetery where interment will take place in the Soldiers’ Plot.