WWI Draft Registrations for Centralia: "ORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION - CENTRALIA, PA
Contributed by: Charles P. Joyce
In 1917-1918 all men born between September 12, 1872 and September 12, 1900 were required to register for the World War I draft. Not all men who registered for the draft actually served in the military and not all men who served in the military registered for the draft.
The draft registration card contains the person's name, birth date, place of birth, present address, occupation, place of employment, physical description, signature, nearest relative, and nearest relative's address. There were a few different draft registration cards and not all of them had all of the information just listed.
What follows is a list of Centralia, PA residents that registered for the 1917-1918 WWI Draft. Not all the information on the draft registration form is listed here. To look at all the information you will need to view the WWI draft records microfilm tape. There are two tapes for Columbia County. Columbia County had two draft boards. Centralia is covered by draft board 1 and is on the first of the two Columbia County tapes, just after Clinton County. Once you get to that portion of the tape that contains Columbia County draft board 1 the registration records will be sequenced by Last Name. Centralia records are mixed in with all the other towns that are"
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