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James Irvin Breen

In memory of:

Able Seaman James Irvin Breen

December 6, 1917
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Military Service


Service Number:

VR/274

Age:

24

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Division:

H.M.C.S. Musquash

Additional Information


Son of William Henry and Mary Jane Breen, of Liscomb, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Brother of Stoker Samuel Gordon Breen, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, who lost his life in the Halifax Explosion on 6 December 1917.

Commemorated on Page 206 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LISCOMB (ST. LUKE'S ANGLICAN) CEMETERY
Nova Scotia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Family Plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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