Private # 528517
Canadian Army Medical Corps
James Abbott was a 22-year-old student at Strathroy attested at Number 2 Field Artillery Depot on the 19th Jan 1916 at London Ontario. He served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps at the CAMC Hospital at Havre France where he became ill and was invalided to England with appendicitis. He was returned to Canada where he died on the 26th May 1922 at the Byron Sanitarium. He is buried in Strathroy Cemetery.
HIs grave marker is located at I.2.3, Section I, row 2, 3rd grave in the row. Its GPS coordinates are lat: 42º56.717’N / long: -81º.311’W.
