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Military service
Service number:
902432
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
85th Bn.
Birth:
August 19, 1891
Death:
June 28, 1917
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Son of Rupert and Eunice J. (Talbot) Swaine, of Canso, Nova Scotia.
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Pte. John William Swaine, son of Rupert & Eunice J. (Talbot) Swaine, Canso, Guysborough Co., NS. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private John William Swaine
Digital gallery of
Private John William Swaine
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 335 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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