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Military service
Service number:
444810
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division:
55th Battalion
Birth:
August 29, 1894
New Dominion, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
June 10, 1915
Sussex, New Brunswick
Death:
September 28, 1918
Cambrai, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Barbara S. MacEwen, of New Dominion, Prince Edward Island.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of John Charles MacEwen
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Photo of John Charles MacEwen
Glasgow, Scotland<BR>December 1916 -
Group Photo
John Charles MacEwen (standing) and his brother David MacEwen, in London, England in 1917. -
Circumstance of Death
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Mentioned in Despatches
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Sergeant John Charles MacEwen
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Sergeant John Charles MacEwen
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Sergeant John Charles MacEwen
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Sergeant John Charles MacEwen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Charles MacEwen
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Sergeant John Charles MacEwen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Charles MacEwen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 457 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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