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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
John (Jean) Leo Surette
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John Leo Surette
3185300
Private
1st Deport Battalion NS
Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
October 10, 1895
Middle West Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS
May 24, 1918
Aldershot, NS
Middle West Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS
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5 feet, 4¼ inches
dark
grey
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Deck Hand, Naval Patrol Service, Yarmouth
Single
Roman Catholic
Farmer
Francoise Surette (Mother) Middle West Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS
June 13, 1919
1928
Roman Catholic Cemetery, Yarmouth
Enlisting at Aldershot, NS,
John Leo Surette embarked
Canada on October 11, 1918 on
the SS Empress of Japan, as part
of the Siberian Expedition Force.
He arrived in Siberia on October
10, 1918. At Vladivostok, he was
assigned to Motor Transport.
He embarked Siberia on the
SS Empress of Japan on May 9,
1919 arriving in Canada on May
21, 1919. On May 28 he was
assigned to No 6 District Depot,
NS and discharged at Halifax on
June 13, 1919.
photo; Courtesy of Dianne Jacquard
photo; Wartime Heritage, July 2018