Military service
Service number:
67
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Enlistment:
September 2, 1914
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont-Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 24.
Additional information
Son of Jacob Breen and Catherine (Kane) Breen. Brother of Annie
Digital gallery of Private John Breen
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Photo of John Breen
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Biography
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War i and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War i and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private John Breen
Digital gallery of
Private John Breen
Digital gallery of
Private John Breen
Digital gallery of
Private John Breen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 17 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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