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In memory of:

Sergeant John Stewart Sutton Swain

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Citation(s);

Military service

Service number: 234014
Age: 24
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division: 44th Bn.
Birth: February 6, 1893 Lindsay, Ontario
Enlistment: February 18, 1916 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death: June 3, 1917

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: VI. C. 10.
Additional information

Son of John and Jane Ann Swain, of Carman, Manitoba.

Additional citations

Bar to his Military Medal - Awarded for actions in the operations of the 10th and 12th April 1917 at Vimy Ridge. 

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 335 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.

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