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John Byatt

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
773041
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
February 6th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Hersin Communal Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - I.D.23.
Commemorated at: 
Grace Anglican Church, Ancient Order of Foresters
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Essex
Birth city: 
Woodside
Address at enlistment: 
375 Colborne Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
375 Colborne Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Gardener
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
34
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Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Souchez. 

BX February 20, 1917 

Former Brantford Man Makes Supreme Sacrifice on February Sixth

WOODSTOCK, Ont., Feb. 13 – Official notification was received today by Mrs. John Byatt that her husband had been killed in action on February 6. Private John Byatt enlisted in Brantford with the 125th Battalion last July and went overseas shortly after. His wife moved to Woodstock when he left Brantford. In October he was sent with a draft from the Brants to France. He was well known in Brantford where he had lived three years. Private Byatt was born in Essex, England, and is survived by his wife and one child.

BX February 21, 1917

John Byatt, whose death in action was reported yesterday, was formerly caretaker of the Dufferin Bowling and Tennis Club. He occupied this position for the summer and winter previous to his enlisting.

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