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John Hales Sweet

In memory of:

Major John Hales Sweet

April 9, 1917

Military Service

Age:

38

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Additional Information

Son of The Ven. Archdeacon J. H. S. Sweet and Mrs. Sweet, of 1613, Wilmot Place, Victoria, British Columbia. B.A., New Brunswick University. Member of the firm of Messrs. Bond and Sweet, Barristers, &C., of Vancouver. Born in Dalhousie, New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 335 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VIII. A. 23.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of April 17, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y110uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of April 17, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y110uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of John Hales Sweet– Major John Hales Sweet, Killed Monday, April 9, Vimy Ridge. This photo was taken from the Book of Remembrance published by the University of New Brunswick in 1919. The book includes biographies of the 32 UNB alumni killed in the First World War and photos of 31 of the 32 UNB alumni killed in the war.

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    Photo of John Hales Sweet – Major John Hales Sweet, Killed Monday, April 9, Vimy Ridge. This photo was taken from the Book of Remembrance published by the University of New Brunswick in 1919. The book includes biographies of the 32 UNB alumni killed in the First World War and photos of 31 of the 32 UNB alumni killed in the war.
  • Grave marker

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