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Military service
Service number:
53531
Age:
28
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
September 13, 1887
Death:
June 6, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Enclosure No.4 I. M. I.
Additional information
Son of George and Sarah Swainsbury, of London, England; husband of Rebecca E. Swainsbury, of 59, East 24th St., Mount Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Swainsbury
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
Newspaper clipping via Dawn Hueston. It is believed that the mention of the D.C.M. was in error. There is no evidence of this soldier receiving a D.C.M. in his service record. Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Swainsbury
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Swainsbury
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Swainsbury
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Swainsbury
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Swainsbury
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Swainsbury
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Swainsbury
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 170 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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