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John Windle

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
270393
Unit at enlistment: 
215th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
June 18th, 1918
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
173 Bruce Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
173 Bruce Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
35
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Cause of Death: Suicide
Location: Unionville, Ontario

BX June 18, 1918

Committed Suicide

Private John Windle, who threw himself in front of a train at Unionville on Sunday, was a Brantford man who went overseas with the 215th Battalion and was sent back from England. He had for the past couple months been a mental patient at Newmarket hospital. After securing his discharge from the army, John Windle grew despondent here and was lodged in the jail for a day or so for safe-keeping until the G.W.V.A. arranged to have him taken to the hospital. He was well known in this city, and had worked on the corporation frequently. The remains were sent to Brantford and will be interred in Mt. Hope cemetery, from 18 Drummond Street, this afternoon.

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