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Military service
Service number:
252422
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Battalion
Birth:
May 12, 1890
Enlistment:
March 9, 1916
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 3, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. G. 19.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Ellen McEachern (nee Hewson) from Rice Point, Prince Edward Island. His Grandfather was the lighthouse keeper on St. Peter's Island, Prince Edward Island. He enlisted with the 209th Battalion.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal (Inter-allied War Medal)
Digital gallery of Private John Thomas McEachern
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Letter from Public Archives of Canada
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Cemetery
John Thomas McEachern died in September 1918 during the Battle of Canal-du-Nord. His grave is located in the Dominion British Cemetery, France.
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas McEachern
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas McEachern
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas McEachern
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 457 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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