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Military service
Service number:
790885
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
September 1, 1886
Death:
July 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sallaumines Memorial.
Additional information
Son of David and Helen Swan, of Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; husband of Jessie Swan, of Elsness, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private John Swan
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Photo de John Swan
Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Formulaire d'enregistrement des tombes
This is an example of where a Canadian Soldier was killed in action, buried in a French Cemetery, which was then destroyed in a subsequent battle. Private Swan had been buried in the Sallaumines Communal Cemetery, German Extension, which was then destroyed. He is not buried in the Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery Extension, rather he has a special "Kipling Memorial Cross" to commemorate his loss. This differs from those that have (or had) no known grave and even if they were on a special memorial, those memorials were removed from the cemetery and their names were added to the Vimy Memorial.
Digital gallery of
Private John Swan
Digital gallery of
Private John Swan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 335 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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