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John Arthur Roach

In memory of:

Private John Arthur Roach

March 10, 1919

Military Service


Service Number:

3230689

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry Works Battalion

Division:

H.Q. Labour Units Gen. Dept., 2nd

Additional Information


Born:

February 3, 1898
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 8, 1918
Toronto, Ontario

Son of James L. Roach, of 165, Leslie St., Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 542 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. D. 23.

Location:

Beaulencourt is a village on the RN17 south of Bapaume, a town 20 kilometres south-south-west of Arras. On arrival at Beaulencourt from Bapaume, the BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is indicated on the right, and then turn immediately right again. The BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is 1 kilometre from this junction at the roadside on the right. This small road crosses the A1 autoroute.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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