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Military service
Service number:
415903
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
May 1, 1891
Death:
September 21, 1916
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Son of Samuel and Emma Swaine of Canso, Nova Scotia.
Brother of Private Benjamin Wallace Swaine, and Private Roland Judson Swaine, both died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment).
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Photo of Arthur Swaine
Arthur Swaine, one of three brothers killed in action while serving overseas during World War I. -
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
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Private Arthur Swaine
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Swaine
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Swaine
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 170 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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