Pte
John James Byers
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 17/09/1891 |
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Place of birth: Caragh, County Cavan, Ireland |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 210117 |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 20th Bn. (Central Ontario) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 10/11/1917 |
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Age: 26 |
Cemetery
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Passchendaele New British Cemetery Plot: 12 Row: E Grave: 28 |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1358 - 49). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
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War diaries - 20th Canadian Infantry Battalion, (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4930, Microfilm reel number: T-10730, File number: 409, File part: 1). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/461170 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=c17e4a32-46bb-4c69-b452-dc5ba6ad1f15 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5497875 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/461170? |