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Military service
Service number:
148053
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Death:
October 17, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of W. S. and Mary Swan, of 200, Eugenie St., Norwood, Canada.
Brother of Private Herbert Stanley Swan, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private William Julien George Swan
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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 William Julien George Swan
Digital gallery of
Private William Julien George Swan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 170 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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