Private John Swan
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1886-09-01
Place of birth: Bathgate Linlithgowshire Scotland
Next of kin: Jessie Swan, wife, of Stovefarm, Sanday, Orkney Islands
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Plumber
Address:
Mission, British Columbia
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-07-05
Cause of death:
Died as a prisoner of war
Buried:
Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension, Sallaumines Memorial.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 790885
Highest Rank:
Private
(47th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 47th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 30411
LAC ID:
260324
Service file: B9451-S039
Uploader's Notes: Son of David and Helen Swan, of Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; husband of Jessie Swan, of Elsness, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland. Prior military service with 104th Regiment, Westminster Fusiliers of Canada. Taken Prisoner of War March 16, 1917. Died as a POW July 5, 1917.
Uploader's Research notes: 131st Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 131st Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-03-29