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Private John Archibald Blackadar
John Archibald Blackadar
282685
Private
219th Battalion/ 47th Battalion
March 26, 1897 (on attestation); (March 26, 1899; actual date of birth: )
Hebron, Yarmouth Co., NS
February 28, 1916
16
Height: 5 feet, 7 inches
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Yarmouth, NS
Yarmouth, NS
Cadet Corps (3 years); 29th Battery CFA, Yarmouth, NS
Single
Student/Grocery Clerk
Baptist
John Archibald Blackadar (Father) Yarmouth NS
June 16, 1919 (demobilization)
John was the son of John Archibald and Martha B. Blackadar of Hebron, Yarmouth Co., NS.
He embarked Canada at Halifax on the SS Olympic, October 12, 1916 and disembarked in
England at Liverpool on October 19, 1918.
He served with the 219th Battalion (11 months), the 17th Reserve Battalion (1 month),
the 161st Battalion (12 months) and the 47th Battalion in France (15 months). On May 4, 1919
he returned to England from France and sailed from on HMT Adriatic, May 31, 1919 arriving in
Halifax on June 7, 1919. At discharge he was 20 years of age. He was not injured or ill during
his military service.
His brother, Major Karl Kenneth Blackadar (June 4. 1890 – May 7, 1947) also served in
WWI and WWII.
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