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John Doy

John Doy
Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
10587
Unit at enlistment: 
4th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Greater London
Birth city: 
London
Address at enlistment: 
3 George Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
3 George Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Fitter
Employer: 
Massey-Harris Co.
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
38
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Letters and documents

BX June 9, 1915

Private Doy is Wounded – His Wife Received Word to That Effect in a Letter that Arrived this Morning

That Private John (Jack) Doy, of this city, had been wounded, was the information contained in a letter received from him by his wife, Mrs. J. Doy, 3 George Avenue, this morning.

The letter stated that he had been wounded by the explosion of a shell during the recent fighting, the shell piercing his leg. The wound is not very serious. His escape was a lucky one, as the man next to him was killed by the same shell.

Private John Doy, who is a veteran of the Boer War, enlisted with the Dufferin Rifles’ first contingent and was a member of the 4th Battalion. He was employed before his departure to the front as a moulder at the Massey-Harris plant here and he has many friends both in and out of that shop.

 

BX February 12, 1918
 
Among the Returned

Company Sergeant Major Dockray, Pte. Doy of the 4th Battalion, and Pte. Dent of the 1st were among the soldiers who were welcomed home yesterday. Sergt.-Major Dockray was one of the original 4th, and is just getting home, after an absence since August, 1914.

BX August 10, 1956

John Doy

John Doy, 125 Dundas Street, died Thursday in the Winston Pavilion, in his 81st year.  Mr. Doy was born in London, England and was a resident of Brantford since coming to Canada in 1909.  A moulder, he was employed at the Massey-Harris-Ferguson Limited, Market Street plant, for 30 years until his retirement.  Mr. Doy served in the South African War.  During the First World War he served overseas with the 4th Battalion and was wounded.  Mrs. Doy, the former Elizabeth Thompson, died July, 1938.  Surviving Mr. Doy are one daughter, Mrs. P. Swanson, Brantford; three sons, Jack, Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Frederick and William (Bill) Doy, both of Brantford; 18 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.  Mr. Doy was predeceased by three brothers. Mr. Doy is resting at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home, where service will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m., with interment in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX August 13, 1956

John Doy

Many relatives and friends attended the funeral of John Doy, 125 Dundas Street, conducted Saturday afternoon at Thorpe Bothers’ Funeral Home.  The Rev. T.D. Painting, rector of Holy Trinity Church, officiated.  The pallbearers were Ernest Swanson, Douglas Avey, Cecil Swanson, Ross Swanson, Douglas Avey, Paul Swanson and James Taylor. Interment was in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery.

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