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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
703409
Age:
21
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
102nd Bn.
Birth:
August 15, 1895
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Enlistment:
January 24, 1916
British Columbia
Death:
May 11, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. E. 14.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Swanson, Nanaimo, British Columbia.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 335 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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