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Record #23017
Name :
: John YORSTON (1895 - 1917)
  aka : Private Yorston


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1 Dec 1895

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 21 Aug 1917   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Lanark, Glasgow
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialBelgium, Mons
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Apr 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Hesperian

Placement Family
: Gordon
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Quarriers
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private John Yorston.

A 1901 Scottish Census for John Yorston places him in Cranston Parish, Midlothian, Scotland with his Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle William Yorston. He was born in Pencaitland, Haddington, Scotland.

A 1911 Canadian Census places John in the household of Sarah Ellen and William J Gordon, in Torbolton, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. He's listed as Domestic help who immigrated from Scotland in 1910.

Attestation paper for World War I was signed 20 Oct 1916 in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 1 Dec 1895. His Next of Kin was friend, Paul Dolan of Woodlawn, Ontario. John was a Farmer by trade. He was 5'3" with fair freckled skin, blue eyes and red hair, he had a small mole beneath his left ear, a small mole on the right side of his neck. His religion is listed as Presbyterian.

A second Attestation paper was found signed 7 Mar 1916 in Shawville, Quebec. Paul Dolan was his friend and Next of Kin in Woodlawn Ontario, biggest conflict of information was that this first form listed his year of birth in 1894 (Same date).

According to his Canadian Commonwealth Grave Register he was a Prisoner of War at Limburg, Belgium. He's buried at Mons Communal Cemetery, Monds, Hainaut, Belgium.

Find A Grave Memorial# 15288082 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-10-06 18:31:06 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-10-06 18:32:02 /

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27541 ANDERSON, Alexander1873SCT, LKS, Glasgow 1881 : Manitoban CAN Marchmont Homes   
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17093 ARMOUR, Andrew 1891SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN MacPherson Homes  
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3641 BAXTER, Agnes1891SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
3642 BAXTER, Elizabeth1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
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22224 BLACK, Annie1900SCT, LKS, Glasgow May 1888 : Corean CAN Quarriers  
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