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Military service
Service number:
67451
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
"B" Coy. 25th Bn.
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
October 12, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Malcolm S. and Christie A. Beaton, of Thorburn, Nova Scotia.
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Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 181 of 724. -
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John S. Beaton (from Family Photo taken before he went overseas) -
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private John Beaton
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Private John Beaton
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Private John Beaton
Digital gallery of
Private John Beaton
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Private John Beaton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 5 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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