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Military service
Service number:
204304
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
May 21, 1896
Death:
November 8, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Digital gallery of Private John William Distin
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Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
1ST Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap badge of the 96th Bn, which he originally joined before being sent to the15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Inscription
Menin Gate panel where Private John Distin is commemorated. Photo by BGen Young (ret) and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service Card (Front)
Record of Service Card (front). Courtesy of 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service Card (Reverse)
Record of Service Card (back). Courtesy of 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 609 of 1084. -
Photo of John William Distin
204304 Pte (Bugler) John William Distin (standing right)originally 96th Battalion, absorbed into the 92nd Battalion and then sent as a reinforcement to the 15th Battalion in April 1917. He was serving in No. 3 Company during the battle of Passchendaele when he was KIA on 8 Nov 1917 and buried near Nile House on Passchendaele ridge.
Digital gallery of
Private John William Distin
Digital gallery of
Private John William Distin
Digital gallery of
Private John William Distin
Digital gallery of
Private John William Distin
Digital gallery of
Private John William Distin
Digital gallery of
Private John William Distin
Digital gallery of
Private John William Distin
Digital gallery of
Private John William Distin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 228 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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