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Military service
Service number:
878180
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
185th Bn.
Birth:
April 3, 1880
Death:
February 28, 1920
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 51, Row 3 West
Additional information
Son of Jacob and Sarah Nearing, of Sydney Mines. Husband of Jessie Nearing, of Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 552 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SYDNEY MINES (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY Nova Scotia, Canada
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