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Military service
Service number:
193167
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Battalion
Birth:
June 14, 1890
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Nancy Swarbrick, of 171 Newlands Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario. Father of Charlie, Florence, Ada and Ralph Swarbrick.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Alfred Swarbrick
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Photo of CHARLES ALFRED SWARBRICK
Charles at left and James Riley right. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Family Photo, c. 1915
Private Charles Alfred "Chalf" Swarbrick with his family; left to right, son Charlie, wife Nancy, daughter Florence and daughter Ada. Son Ralph was "on the way". Picture was taken in August, 1915. Chalf left for Europe in September, 1915. He was killed in action on September 15, 1916. -
Family Photo c. 1912
Family picture of Private Charles Alfred Swarbrick with his wife, Nancy, son Charlie and daughter Ada. Photo was taken prior to WW1, about 1912, in Hamilton, Ontario. Ada, the little girl in the middle, just passed away December 28th, 2001, at the age of 92-1/2. -
Photo of Charles Alfred (Chalf) Swarbrick
Private Charles Alfred (Chalf) Swarbrick, 28th Batallion<br> Killed in Action September 15, 1916<br> Photo taken in August, 1915. -
Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Swarbick enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 28th Bn (saskatchewan) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Swarbrick
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Swarbrick
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Swarbrick
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Swarbrick
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Swarbrick
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Swarbrick
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Alfred Swarbrick
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 170 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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