There is some confusion about his date of birth. On his first set of Attestation papers it is listed as April 11, 1898 making him 17 years and 3 months. Elsewhere he is listed as a student born in Gourock on March 11th 1897. 

Brother of Donald MacLeod Hutcheson.

Soldier has two (2) sets of Attestation Papers. First set: Regimental Number 135502, 74th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force.  Shows "Struck Off taking Commission in Active Militia" Second set: Regimental Number 82147, 32nd Infantry

Enlisted at Shorncliffe Camp, England July 7 1916. Next of Kin, Mr. William Hutcheson 10 Aberdeen Apts. Bain Avenue, Toronto. he is noted as serving with the East Surrey Regiment

He is not on Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Newspaper Clippings relating to James MacLeod Hutcheson

James Hutcheson

James Hutcheson