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Byron Thomas Keating

In memory of:

Private Byron Thomas Keating

September 30, 1916
France

Military Service


Service Number:

117330

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Additional Information


Born:

July 25, 1893
Chatham, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

January 11, 1915
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Thomas and Catherine (née Flanagan) Keating. Brother of Kate. He stated he was single and employed as an agent. Private Keating was a former member of the firm of Keating and Duggan, real estate brokers in Calgary for many years. He lived in Calgary for fourteen years.

Commemorated on Page 603 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. E. 5.

Location:

Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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