| Description | North Riding appeal tribunal number: 4447
Appeal against conscription of: James William Johnston
Age:36
Address:5 Pym Street, South Bank
Occupation: Milk manager
Local tribunal: Eston Urban District Council
Central tribunal: No
Military Service Act 1916 or Attested: Attested
Grounds for appeal: d) serious hardship
Appellant: J.W. Johnston
Summary of case: Appealing on domestic grounds wife continually laid up suffering with 'internal trouble'. Medical certificate states chronic ovarian disease with salpingitis. She is not able to attend to herself or do her household duties. She has to have the 'best of support and this would mean serious hardship to my wife and home if I were to be called upÂ’. [See also NRCC/CL 9/1/3962]
Supporting evidence: Yes
Date and decision of North Riding Appeal Tribunal: 30 Nov 1917. Allowed to 31 March1918 to report monthly to Mr J Pennyman as to state of wife's health. |