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Military service
Service number:
11655
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Enlistment:
Brantford, Ontario
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Albert W. and Margaret F. Betts, of Brantford, Ontario. Enlisted Aug., 1914. Also served 10 years in Canadian Militia (38th Bn. Dufferin Rifles). He is commemorated as Frank Betts.
Digital gallery of Private George Franklyn Betts
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Death notice
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bernard to Binyon. Mircoform Sequence 9; Volume Number 31829_B016719; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 Page 285 of 652 -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Brantford Expositor 1916. Submitted or the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private George Franklyn Betts
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklyn Betts
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklyn Betts
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklyn Betts
Digital gallery of
Private George Franklyn Betts
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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