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Son of David Defoe, of Redwing, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal John Defoe
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Lance Corporal John Defoe
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 419 of 1036.
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Lance Corporal John Defoe
Source: Library and Archives Canada. COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Stevens to St. Pierre Location of Grave: France, Belgium Microform Sequence: 87 Volume Mumber: 31830_B016647 Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 125. Page 451 of 1140. Details of the death of Private J. M. Stewart, Regimental Number1761.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Defoe
Report of Accidental Killing of Lance Cpl J. R. Defoe 101004 by Pte J.M. Stewart 1761. Source DEFOE, JOHN (101004) Digitized Service File: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B2407-S014 Page 12 of 32. Private Stewart 1761 was subsequently killed in action, dying of a gunshot wound to the head (GSW. Head) at Number 42 Casualty Clearing Station (C. C .S.) on February 6, 1917.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Defoe
Statement of Witness Pte W.W. Boulter 161245 on Accidental Killing of Lance Cpl J. R. Defoe 101004 by Pte J.M. Stewart 1761 on December 4, 1916. Private Stewart 1761was subsequently killed in action, dying as a result of a gunshot wound to the head (GSW. Head) at Number 42 Casualty Clearing Station (C. C .S.) on February 6, 1917.
Source DEFOE, JOHN (101004) Digitized Service File: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B2407-S014 Page 14 of 32. No action was taken against Private Stewart as he was not considered to blame.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 419 of 1036.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Stevens to St. Pierre Location of Grave: France, Belgium Microform Sequence: 87 Volume Mumber: 31830_B016647 Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 125. Page 451 of 1140. Details of the death of Private J. M. Stewart, Regimental Number1761.
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Report of Accidental Killing of Lance Cpl J. R. Defoe 101004 by Pte J.M. Stewart 1761. Source DEFOE, JOHN (101004) Digitized Service File: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B2407-S014 Page 12 of 32. Private Stewart 1761 was subsequently killed in action, dying of a gunshot wound to the head (GSW. Head) at Number 42 Casualty Clearing Station (C. C .S.) on February 6, 1917.
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Statement of Witness Pte W.W. Boulter 161245 on Accidental Killing of Lance Cpl J. R. Defoe 101004 by Pte J.M. Stewart 1761 on December 4, 1916. Private Stewart 1761was subsequently killed in action, dying as a result of a gunshot wound to the head (GSW. Head) at Number 42 Casualty Clearing Station (C. C .S.) on February 6, 1917. Source DEFOE, JOHN (101004) Digitized Service File: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B2407-S014 Page 14 of 32. No action was taken against Private Stewart as he was not considered to blame.
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ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915.
Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.
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