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Military service
Service number:
844575
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Death:
October 31, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IXVI. M. 25.
Additional information
Son of John R. and Leila Hastings, of 718, Dougall Avenue, Windsor, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Newell Hastings
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Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Newell Hastings
Banner photo of soldier Circa 2023. -
Photo of Newell Hastings
Contemporary photo of Private Hastings. Circa 1916-1917. -
Memorial Plaque
Originally placed on headstone of parents in St. James Cemetery Watford. Found in a miscellaneous box at auction. Returned to family May 2023. -
War Memorial
Petrolia 1995 Pamela, Ann and Irene Hastings, (neices) -
Newspaper clipping
From Watford Guide Advocate, December 8, 1918 -
Photo of Newell Hastings
Drawn 2023 from photo by artist Peter Leclerc of Qualicum Beach BC.
Digital gallery of
Private Newell Hastings
Digital gallery of
Private Newell Hastings
Digital gallery of
Private Newell Hastings
Digital gallery of
Private Newell Hastings
Digital gallery of
Private Newell Hastings
Digital gallery of
Private Newell Hastings
Digital gallery of
Private Newell Hastings
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 425 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
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