WESTLAKE, Thomas Henry

War
1st World War
Date of Birth
Date Attested
Attested at
Wingham, Ontario
Original Unit
161st Huron Battalion
Regimental Number
654385
Rank
Private
Date of Death
Age at Death
26 years 11 months
Cemetery
Wroxeter Protestant Cemetery- Ontario - Canada
Biographical Summary

DIVISIONAL UNIT:        2nd Canadian Infantry Division
                                             4th Infantry Brigade
                                             18th Battalion - Western Ontario
                                             Canadian Infantry Corps
SERVICE NO:                   654385
RESIDENCE:                    Wroxeter – Ontario 
DATE OF BIRTH:            Deceber 24, 1894
                                             Wroxeter – Howick Township – County of Huron - Ontario
DATE OF DEATH:           January 3, 1921                    26 years     11 months     
CEMETERY:                     Wroxeter Protestant Cemetery – Wroxeter –
                                             County of Huron – Ontario
                                             Lot 11     Row 6 
MOTHER:                          Mrs. W. J. Mitchell (Westlake) – Wroxeter 
Occupation:                        Farmer                                  Religion:     Methodist
Enlistment:                         January 24, 1916 – Wingham – into the 161st Huron Battalion
Enlistment Age:                 21 years     1 month

Private Westlake and his comrades from the 161st Battalion sailed out of Halifax harbour and arrived in England on November 11, 1916.
From the time of his arrival in England until the end of February 1918 he was stationed at Witley Camp – Surrey at which time he went overseas and in the middle of March he joined his unit in the field.
During the months of April / May of 1918 Private Westlake was reported ill with a diagnosis of indigestion. He was admitted to No. 4 Canadian General Hospital in Basingstoke – Hampshire and it was here the medical personnel stated he had Nephritis.  In the latter part of September he was invalided back to Canada.
On November 21st 1918 he was discharged from the Canadian Corps for health reasons.
In April of 1918 his symptoms were back pain, nausea and vomiting. When he was diagnosed both his kidneys were tender and his urine contained blood.
The cause of his death was severe and extreme Nephritis.