Private John Joseph Jardine was the first soldier from New Brunswick who was killed during the First World War ('The Great War').
Military Service-
Service Number: 23533
Age: 43
Force: Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
A shoemaker by trade, he enlisted in the CEF on 26 Sept 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. Originally serving with the overseas unit 12th Canadian Infantry Battalion, he joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field on 25 February 1915; Private Jardine died within a month of joining the battalion.
Private Jardine likely died of wounds received between March 14-March 21 near St. Eloi, in France. His commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Farquhar, was also wounded at that time, also dying of his wounds. Lt. Col. Farquhar is buried in the same cemetery as Private John Jardine.
Son of Mrs. Eugene Jardine; husband of Ella M. Jardine of Lepington Street, East Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Private John Joseph Jardine is commemorated on Page 21 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
Military Service-
Service Number: 23533
Age: 43
Force: Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
A shoemaker by trade, he enlisted in the CEF on 26 Sept 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. Originally serving with the overseas unit 12th Canadian Infantry Battalion, he joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field on 25 February 1915; Private Jardine died within a month of joining the battalion.
Private Jardine likely died of wounds received between March 14-March 21 near St. Eloi, in France. His commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Farquhar, was also wounded at that time, also dying of his wounds. Lt. Col. Farquhar is buried in the same cemetery as Private John Jardine.
Son of Mrs. Eugene Jardine; husband of Ella M. Jardine of Lepington Street, East Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Private John Joseph Jardine is commemorated on Page 21 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
Private John Joseph Jardine was the first soldier from New Brunswick who was killed during the First World War ('The Great War').
Military Service-
Service Number: 23533
Age: 43
Force: Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
A shoemaker by trade, he enlisted in the CEF on 26 Sept 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. Originally serving with the overseas unit 12th Canadian Infantry Battalion, he joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field on 25 February 1915; Private Jardine died within a month of joining the battalion.
Private Jardine likely died of wounds received between March 14-March 21 near St. Eloi, in France. His commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Farquhar, was also wounded at that time, also dying of his wounds. Lt. Col. Farquhar is buried in the same cemetery as Private John Jardine.
Son of Mrs. Eugene Jardine; husband of Ella M. Jardine of Lepington Street, East Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Private John Joseph Jardine is commemorated on Page 21 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
Military Service-
Service Number: 23533
Age: 43
Force: Army
Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
A shoemaker by trade, he enlisted in the CEF on 26 Sept 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. Originally serving with the overseas unit 12th Canadian Infantry Battalion, he joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field on 25 February 1915; Private Jardine died within a month of joining the battalion.
Private Jardine likely died of wounds received between March 14-March 21 near St. Eloi, in France. His commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Farquhar, was also wounded at that time, also dying of his wounds. Lt. Col. Farquhar is buried in the same cemetery as Private John Jardine.
Son of Mrs. Eugene Jardine; husband of Ella M. Jardine of Lepington Street, East Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Private John Joseph Jardine is commemorated on Page 21 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
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