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Military service
Service number:
2780
Age:
15
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
5th Regiment
Birth:
April 16, 1899
Death:
August 27, 1914
Soulanges Canal
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Section G7, Lot 1715L
Additional information
Son of the late L/Cpl Thomas Henry Betts #894, deceased 20 June 1915 while serving with the Canadian Army Service Corps and Margaret Betts of Montreal, Quebec. Brother of Armitage Henry and nephew of Malcolm and Robert Betts, both who served in the First World War.
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Commemorated on:
Page 1 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MONTREAL (MOUNT ROYAL) CEMETERY Quebec, Canada
From downtown Montreal access Avenue du Parc, then left to Cote St. Catherine. Turn left onto Boulevard Mont-Royal then follow chemin de la foret into the cemetery.
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