James Harris Sayles

Rank:

Gunner

Regimental number:

322962

Unit at enlistment:

12th Brigade C.F.A., 54th Battery

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Calvary Baptist Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

213 Murray Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

213 Murray Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Clerk

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Accident/Illness

BX May 10, 1917

Mr. Ashley Sayles, 213 Murray Street, received word that his younger son, Gunner James Harris Sayles, of the 54th Battery, is in a hospital in England, suffering from blood poisoning. Gunner Sayles was in the big drive at Vimy ridge. He escaped injury in action but met with an accident to his right hand which resulted in blood poisoning.