Military service
Service number:
817612
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
October 11, 1892
Charleston, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
January 6, 1916
Sussex, New Brunswick
Death:
October 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10
Additional information
Son of Sidney and Caroline Dewitt, of Centreville, Carleton Co., New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private Silas Dewitt
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Photo of Silas DeWitt
Pte. Silas DeWitt, Born Charleston, Carleton Co. New Brunswick, Enlisted Jan 6, 1916, at Camp Sussex, NB. Died October 31, 1917 in Passchendaele. Son of Sidney and Caroline DeWitt -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Silas Dewitt
Digital gallery of
Private Silas Dewitt
Digital gallery of
Private Silas Dewitt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 227 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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