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Military service
Service number:
794135
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
June 18, 1896
Enlistment:
Newcastle, New Brunswick
Death:
August 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. B. 14.
Additional information
Son of John and Clara Bastian, of Rogersville, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private John Frederick Bastian
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NB regiment, Number 9 platoon, 132nd battalion overseas, prior to heading overseas. Taken at Arnprior. John Frederick Bastian is in the second row, second from the right. His brother Charles Erwin Bastian, is in the 3rd row, 3rd from left. John was killed Aug 28, 1918 in the Battle of Scarpe. Charles was injured in action and disabled for life. Charles passed away in Bathurst, NB, in 1942. -
Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 743 of 1058. -
Coupure de presse
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Frederick Bastian
Digital gallery of
Private John Frederick Bastian
Digital gallery of
Private John Frederick Bastian
Digital gallery of
Private John Frederick Bastian
Digital gallery of
Private John Frederick Bastian
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 364 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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