Members of these lists have come through again. Thanks to Myra, Jenn, Keith and Sue for answers and suggestions. I thought Hellux Valgue may have been a place in France. What do I know! Turns out it is a bunion deformity! Apparently very painful - bad ailment for a private soldier in WWI The last item in the service record reads: Discharged from the A.I.F. at Melbourne - Medically Unfit - Disability - Bunion Ct. Right Toe. So, we live and learn. Thanks folks. John John D. Wilson Windsor, NS