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Joseph Alexander Swinton

In memory of:

Private Joseph Alexander Swinton

August 11, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

850200

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

3rd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

October 9, 1897

Son of James Swinton and Catharine Heysel Swinton, of Thorold, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 509 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

A. 9.

Location:

Mezieres is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, on the south-west side of the main road from Amiens to Roye, 20 kilomtres south-east of Amiens. The MEZIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the south-west side of the Communal Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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