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Lance Corporal JAMES STEWART SWAIN

Service Number: 425386
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

29th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

V. C. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William Robert and Mary Swain, of Lockport, Manitoba; husband of Ann Swain, of 551, Hornby St., Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 586
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