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Joseph Robert Morton

In memory of:

Corporal Joseph Robert Morton

March 28, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

1039261

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Railway Troops

Division:

13th Light Railway Operating Coy.

Additional Information


Born:

May 8, 1885
Petrolia, Ontario

Enlistment:

July 12, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Robert and Mary Morton. Husband of Harriet Morton of Fort William, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 474 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. E. 34.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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