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Military service
Service number:
193170
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
June 28, 1883
Death:
June 28, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. H. 12.
Additional information
Son of Owen and Lettuce Smith, of Bradford, Yorks, England; husband of Annie Smith, of Sydney, Australia.
Digital gallery of Private John Smith
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Cap Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap badge of the 92nd Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave marker
Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH. -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private John Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 165 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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