Private Joseph Garnet Varey was born on August 28th, 1894. He was two years older than his brother James Floyd whose name also appears on the War Memorial.  Unlike Floyd, Garnet was drafted into the war under the Military Service Act of 1917, which is interesting as the posters for the act specifically state that it includes unmarried men born on or after October 13th, 1897; Garnet was born 3 years before 1897 and was indeed married. Regardless, he was called up  on February 18th, 1918 and arrived in Liverpool, England on May 27th, 1918. Garnet was then sent to France that September, and finally joined his unit there on October 5th, 1918. Shortly after being called up for the draft, Private Varey filled out an official will leaving everything to his wife, Mrs. Myrtle May Varey (maiden name Burton) of Brampton. At the time of his registration, Garnet was described as being 23 years old, having dark brown eyes and black hair, and having a distinctive scar on his right leg above his ankle from a previous accident. He also states that he had a serious case of pneumonia in 1912 when he was 18 years old, but he fully recovered from that.  

                Garnet’s time serving in the war seems to have been very unremarkable. There are no records of transfers, no hospital records, no records of discipline, no medals or badges, etc. He arrived back home on April 15th, 1919, less than a year after leaving for England (source: Library & Archives Canada). Joseph and Myrtle carried on living in Churchville after the war in a little white house  up Creditview Road beside the Gruenwald’s. Myrtle died the same year as Floyd - 1962, at the age of 61 or 62, and Garnet passed away 11 years later at 78 or 79 years old. They are buried together in Churchville Cemetery; below is a picture of their stone.