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Son of James and Mary Blount, of Kirkcaldy, Scotland; husband of Edith Park Blount, of Hamilton, Ontario.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 233 of 762
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Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Blount enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Blount enlisted with the 92nd bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 13th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Shoulder Patch 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Blount enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 13th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 203 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SUCRERIE CEMETERY, ABLAIN ST.-NAZAIRE Pas de Calais, France
Ablain-St Nazaire is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 13 kilometres north of Arras. Take the D937 (Bethune Road) to the village of Buchez. Make a left turn along the D57. The SUCRERIE CEMETERY lies 1.2 kilometres on the left side of this road.
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