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Son of The Ven. Archdeacon J. H. S. Sweet and Mrs. Sweet, of 1613, Wilmot Place, Victoria, British Columbia. B.A., New Brunswick University. Member of the firm of Messrs. Bond and Sweet, Barristers, &C., of Vancouver. Born in Dalhousie, New Brunswick.
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Major John Hales Sweet
Major John Hales Sweet, Killed Monday, April 9, Vimy Ridge.
This photo was taken from the Book of Remembrance published by the University of New Brunswick in 1919. The book includes biographies of the 32 UNB alumni killed in the First World War and photos of 31 of the 32 UNB alumni killed in the war.
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Major John Hales Sweet, Killed Monday, April 9, Vimy Ridge. This photo was taken from the Book of Remembrance published by the University of New Brunswick in 1919. The book includes biographies of the 32 UNB alumni killed in the First World War and photos of 31 of the 32 UNB alumni killed in the war.
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From the Daily Colonist of April 17, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y110uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 335 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VILLERS STATION CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.
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