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Military service
Service number:
13061
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
July 27, 1887
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Enlistment:
September 21, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
May 24, 1915
Festubert, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Sarah Baty, of 1215, 11th Street West, Saskatoon.
Brother of Lieutenant Edward Baty, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Lieutenant Edward Baty was the brother of Private Robert Baty. Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 933 of 1058. -
Memorial
The brother of Private Robert Baty, Lieutenant Edward Baty, was killed in action on August 9, 1918 Source: Commemorative Certificate Commonwealth War Graves Commission -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Robert Baty
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Baty
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Baty
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Baty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 4 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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