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Military service
Service number:
796582
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
April 29, 1896
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of John W. and Marjorie Spain, of Port Dover, Ontario.
Brother of Private George Spain, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private John William Spain
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Port Dover War Memorial
War Memorial - Port Dover, ON. -
Commemorative Plaque
Detail of the Port Dover WWI Memorial Plaque. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private John William Spain
Digital gallery of
Private John William Spain
Digital gallery of
Private John William Spain
Digital gallery of
Private John William Spain
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 330 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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