The
following transcription is of a page 1 article in the 13 Sep 1917
issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
PTE.
JOHN SPAIN
796582 Private John Wm.
Spain of Port Dover was listed as wounded this week.
The
following partial transcription of the Port Dover column is from page
5 of the 4 Oct 1917 issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
Beyond the official notice
of his wounding, no word has been received by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Spain, as to the seriousness, or otherwise, of the
wounds sustained by Private John Spain, who left Canada as a
member of the 133rd Battalion.
The
following partial transcription of the Port Dover column is from page
9 of the 18 Oct 1917 issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
The parents of Pte. John
Spain were notified on Thursday last that their son was wounded
and missing, the "missing" being an addition to the
former notice that he was wounded during the drive of 15 or 17
Aug.
Also
see John's Attestation Paper: side
1 | side
2
