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Military service
Service number:
808938
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
"B" Coy. 49th Bn.
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. E. 12.
Additional information
Son of Arthur and Annie Bates, of The Kennels Farm, Amersham, Bucks., England.
Digital gallery of Private John Bates
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Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Bates
Digital gallery of
Private John Bates
Digital gallery of
Private John Bates
Digital gallery of
Private John Bates
Digital gallery of
Private John Bates
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 197 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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