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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry
Division:
12th Bn.
Birth:
June 29, 1894
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
September 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 7.
Additional information
Son of Henry J. and Laura Bethune, of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Captain Henry Ewart Bethune
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Photo of Henry Ewart Bethune
Henry Ewart Bethune -
Newspaper Clipping
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Biography
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Group Photo
Henry Bethune posing with his great friend Lieutenant D.R.C.Drury-Lowe. The photo was probably taken at Duddingston Camp near Edinburgh, Scotland in 1915. This camp was a holding base for the Highland Light Infantry and the 12th. (Service) Battalion left from here for France in August 1915. -
Plaque
Captain Henry Ewart Bethune, M.C. alumni of the Royal Military College of Canada 1912 #940. He served with .Highland Light Infantry, 12th Bn. He died on Sep 30, 1918. His name is listed on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Grave marker
Captain Henry Ewart Bethune, M.C. was 25 years of age. He was the son of Henry J. and Laura Bethune of Toronto Canada. I. D. 7. He was an alumni of the Royal Military College of Canada 1912 #940. He served with Highland Light Infantry, 12th Bn. He died on Sep 30, 1918. He was buried in the Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. His name is listed on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. Photograph and details by volunteer/s: Jean-Michel Van Elslande. http://www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=1738700 -
Memorial Doll
Memorial doll, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Stained Glass Window
On their 50th anniversary, the class of 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen comrades. -
Plaque
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 940 Captain Henry Ewart Bethune, M.C. (RMC 1912) was the son of Henry J. and Laura Bethune of Toronto Canada. I. D. 7. He served with .Highland Light Infantry, 12th Bn. He died on Sep 30, 1918 at 25 years of age. He was buried in the Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Memorial
Memorial Arch, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Henry Ewart Bethune
Digital gallery of
Captain Henry Ewart Bethune
Digital gallery of
Captain Henry Ewart Bethune
Digital gallery of
Captain Henry Ewart Bethune
Digital gallery of
Captain Henry Ewart Bethune
Digital gallery of
Captain Henry Ewart Bethune
Digital gallery of
Captain Henry Ewart Bethune
Digital gallery of
Captain Henry Ewart Bethune
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 583 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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