January 4, 1917
I found this questionnaire in my mail slot yesterday morning at the Studio Building. I didn’t fill it out but used it to start my fire. If I had filled it out, this is what I would have written.
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Each male is asked to complete a questionnaire distributed by the Post Office
Name: Thomas John Thomson
Age: 39
Place of birth: Claremont, Ontaril
Nationality: Canadian
Parentage: Scots
Marital Status: Single
No. of dependants: None.
Physical condition: Healthy, flat feet
Trade or profession: Commercial Artist
Present occupation: Artist
Would you be willing to change your present work for other necessary work at the same pay during the war?
If necessary work is ambulance driver.
Tom Thomson's Last Spring 