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Military service
Service number:
192998
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
July 19, 1893
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
December 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 1.
Additional information
Son of James and Mary Blount, of Kirkcaldy, Scotland; husband of Edith Park Blount, of Hamilton, Ontario.
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Circumstance of death
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 -
Badge
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 -
Badge
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 -
Shoulder Flash
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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private James Blount
Digital gallery of
Private James Blount
Digital gallery of
Private James Blount
Digital gallery of
Private James Blount
Digital gallery of
Private James Blount
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 203 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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