John (Jack) Paton, his parents and two sisters immigrated to Canada from England in the spring of 1912. In early 1914 Jack and his parents l...
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John Paton
Private
Service No. 18076
Age 19
Died on 22 April 1915
Canadian Infantry
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Son of Hector and Emma Florence Paton, of 1857, Crescent Rd., Victoria, British Columbia.
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Jack, my grandfather’s friend, you died on a battlefield far from loved ones. Writing your story, as a mother of sons I wept for you.
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Private John Paton, serving with the 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, fell at the Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge 22 April 1915.
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