Mason, John Hier, son of Frank Mason, of Notting Hill, by Lucy Joan, daughter of James Jacob, of Abergavenny, Mon.; b. Oct. 4, 1892; adm. from Rossall School Jan. 16, 1908 (G); left July 1909; a fruit farmer at Penticton, British Columbia; joined Princess Patricia's Columbian Light Infantry as a private in Aug. 1914, and went with them to France in March 1915; was wounded in the trenches opposite St. Eloi the same month and invalided to England; 2nd Lieut. 13th Batt. London Regt. June 18, 1915; returned to the front and while acting as Trench Mortar Officer was badly wounded at the beginning of the Somme battle in July 1916.
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