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Military service
Service number:
902431
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
85th Bn.
Death:
March 24, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 10.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Emma Swaine of Canso, Nova Scotia.
Brother of Private Arthur Swaine, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) and Private Roland Judson Swaine, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment).
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Benjamin Wallace Swaine, one of three brothers killed in action while serving overseas during World War I. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Benjamin Wallace Swaine
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Wallace Swaine
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Commemorated on:
Page 509 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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