James Freeman Ireland

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

3310120

Unit at enlistment:

2nd Depot Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Conscripted

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Langford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

305 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

305 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Woodworker

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX October 9, 1918

Are Happy Men – Five Returned Men Got Home Today – Others are Expected Soon

Five Brantford men arrived this morning from overseas, and although Secretary MacDonald of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission had not been notified of the time of their arrival, he was present at the depot when the men came in and was able to look after their conveyance home. The arrivals were as follows: Pte. Ireland, 305 Dalhousie Street; H. Pendrey, 21 Princess Street; J. Davis, 80 Spring Street; Pte. O’Mara, West Street, and Pte. Mallord, 41 Walnut Street.

Secretary MacDonald received word this morning of the arrival of the following men in Canada, who should be home soon: N.S.L. Walker, 137 Erie Avenue; H.P. Parry, 7 Park Avenue; B. Lambert, 67 Rawdon Street; Pte. Cherry, 16 Carlisle Street; Sergeant E.J. Smith, 69 Superior Street; Diver A. Farrow, 14 Bridge Street; R.H. Plant, Eagle Avenue; G.S. Moffat, 27 Duke Street.

BX October 27, 1972

IRELAND, James Freeman – At the Brantford General Hospital, Thursday, October 26, 1972 James Freeman Ireland, of 23 Freeborn Avenue; survived by his wife Mable Ireland; 3 step-children; 2 sisters Mrs. Irene Evans of Brantford, Violet of California and one brother, William, Florida. Resting at the McCleister Funeral Home Ltd., 30 Brant Avenue from Friday evening. Service in the chapel Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment in Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. John MacCallum officiating.