Military service
Service number:
919900
Age:
45
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
August 11, 1872
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
August 22, 1916
Montreal, Québec
Death:
November 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Father of Helena Sweeney of Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private Martin Sweeney
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Photo of Martin Sweeney
Martin & Sarah Sweeney on their wedding day in 1895. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Group Photo
Martin Sweeney (under the X) with fellow Irish-Canadian Rangers (Batt 199, Reg 55) later sent to reinforce the 24th Battalion. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Private Martin Sweeney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 335 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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