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Joseph Sabatino

In memory of:

Gunner Joseph Sabatino

September 27, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

304030

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

10th Bty. 3rd Bde.

Additional Information

Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Sabatino, of Lakefield, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 496 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

VI. B. 8.

Location:

Moeuvres is a village 9 kilometres west-south-west of Cambrai and 1 kilometre north of the straight main road from Cambrai to Bapaume. The MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY is at the north-west corner of the village on the road to Inchy and the Extension lies alongside it.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Attestation Papers– Attestation papers 1915

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    Attestation Papers – Attestation papers 1915
  • Document– What follows is the actual account, written in France October 11, 1918 of how Gunner Joseph Sabatino’s was killed: ”I happened to be with poor Joe, when he met his death. He was going to help a wounded comrade when he was hit in the head by a rifle bullet. He never spoke. In fact, it was so sudden that I thought that he had dropped on the ground to escape shell fire. I spoke to him and received no answer. I lifted him up and saw, at once, that he was gone. It was impossible to get the body away at the time, but the next morning, September 28, 1918 we went up again and took the remains back out of the shell fire and buried him well behind the lines. We erected a neat wooden cross with his name and number on it”.

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    Document – What follows is the actual account, written in France October 11, 1918 of how Gunner Joseph Sabatino’s was killed: ”I happened to be with poor Joe, when he met his death. He was going to help a wounded comrade when he was hit in the head by a rifle bullet. He never spoke. In fact, it was so sudden that I thought that he had dropped on the ground to escape shell fire. I spoke to him and received no answer. I lifted him up and saw, at once, that he was gone. It was impossible to get the body away at the time, but the next morning, September 28, 1918 we went up again and took the remains back out of the shell fire and buried him well behind the lines. We erected a neat wooden cross with his name and number on it”.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.

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