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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Joseph Nearing

In memory of:

Private Joseph Nearing

February 28, 1920

Military Service


Service Number:

878180

Age:

39

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

185th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 3, 1880

Son of Jacob and Sarah Nearing, of Sydney Mines. Husband of Jessie Nearing, of Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 552 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

SYDNEY MINES (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY
Nova Scotia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Plot 51, Row 3 West

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of JOSEPH NEARING– In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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