Sergeant John Stewart Sutton Swain
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Swain,
John Stewart Sutton
Date of birth: 1893-02-06
Place of birth: Lindsay Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Jane Ann Swain, Mother, Carmen, Manitoba, Canada.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): School Teacher
Occupation (normalized): Teacher, Level and Subject Unknown
Address:
183 Home Street, Winnipeg, Canada.
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-06-03
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, VI. C. 10.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 234014
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(44th Battalion)
Rank detail
Sergeant, 44th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in flanking operations around Lens.
Awards
Military Medal (Vimy Ridge)
Date of award: 1917-05-25
Source: War Diary
Comment: Awarded for actions in the operations of the 10th and 12th April 1917 at Vimy Ridge.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 80913
LAC ID:
260135
Service file: B9448-S002
Uploader's Notes: Son of John and Jane Ann Swain, of Carmen, Manitoba.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers, war diary and this man is also on the CWGC site. [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 44th Battalion Military Medal Vimy Ridge Awarded for actions in the operations of the 10th and 12th April 1917 at Vimy Ridge. ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20