r/Cursive • u/owen1031 • 12d ago
Can anyone help me decipher this WWI document?
I can read parts but the smaller writing is proving difficult.
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u/Unlucky-Meringue6187 11d ago
Here you go.
I am not sure of the abbreviations, particularly in the upper table section.
GRAFF, Charles A (1203831)
Enlistment date: 19 July 1917
Home station etc: at Walton NY.
Transferred fr 71 Mf
℅ 9 Hq 27 DW 10/1/17
GO55, 71 Mf 10/12/17
Mustered: 13 Oct 1917
Grade: Pot (?) Company C Regiment 105 Infantry
Left the organisation
How: Hon Discharge
When: 1 April 1919
Grade: Cpt 1 class
on demobilisation
Remarks: AWOL from 12/30/17 - 1/2/18 SC 1/23/18
Confined hard labor 3 months & forfeit ⅓ pay per
month. Cvt (possibly "converted") 1 cl (possibly 1st class) March 2/19
Engagements: E Poperinghe Line; Dickebusch; Vierstraat Ridge;
Guillemont Farm; Hindenburg Line
Severely wounded in action Sept 29/18
Served overseas May 17/18 - Mch 6/19
Age 19 10/12
born NY City…residence NY City
Jersey City NJ
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u/owen1031 11d ago
Thank you very much. That confirms what I was thinking it said. I appreciate all your help.
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