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John Brabson

In memory of:

Private John Brabson

September 17, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

126631

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

16th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

December 25, 1886

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:

NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. 24.

Location:

Noeux-les-Mines is a town 6 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the town on the south-east of the road to Labourse. The NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the west side of the Communal Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Group Photo– From left John Brabson, William Huston, Robert Fisher

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    Group Photo – From left John Brabson, William Huston, Robert Fisher
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 7 of 906.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 7 of 906.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Signage of a the main thoroughfare into a new housing development in Guelph, Ontario, the home City of John Brabson. This replaced an earlier street named after John, but with his surname, misspelled.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Signage of a the main thoroughfare into a new housing development in Guelph, Ontario, the home City of John Brabson. This replaced an earlier street named after John, but with his surname, misspelled.
  • Newspaper Clipping

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    Newspaper Clipping

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