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Military service
Service number:
441352
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
November 20, 1896
Enlistment:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Elizabeth Bushnell (formerly Balaam), of 69, Princes St., Cowley Rd., oxford, England, and the late Thomas George Balaam.
Digital gallery of Private John Balaam
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 573 of 1072. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John Balaam
Digital gallery of
Private John Balaam
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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