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John Milton Dobie

In memory of:

Captain John Milton Dobie

August 28, 1918

Military Service


Force:

Army

Unit:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 398 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VI. G. 24.

Location:

Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the road from Arras to Cambrai. The VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT is at the north side of the main road between the two villages.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England
  • Group Photo– 4th CMR "D" Coy, Subalterns in Jan. 1918 
Back row L-R Walter Henry Pfeffer; Lt. Claude Rupert Kormann; Lt. Joseph Bowman Lynn Yule; Lt. Alexander Cameron.  
Front row L-R John Milton Dobie; Lt. (Capt.) Leslie Gordon Mills; Lt. Tom Rutherford (later: Brigadier General)
  • Grave Marker– Milton Dobie's Wooden Cross in France
  • Group Photo– Milton Dobie in front of tent (on left) WWI
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Photo of Mary Legate– Mary Legate, Milton's fiancée.  She never married but was a well loved music teacher in Owen Sound
  • Letter– Reverse of photograph of Mary Legate requesting that it should be sent home if something happened to Milton.  Mary Legate, Milton's fiancée.  She never married but was a well loved music teacher in Owen Sound
  • Bible– Cover of small bible belonging to Milton Dobie - sent home with his effects to Mary Legate, Milton's fiancée.  She never married but was a well loved music teacher in Owen Sound.
  • Bible– Inside of small bible belonging to Milton Dobie - sent home with his effects to Mary Legate, Milton's fiancée.  She never married but was a well loved music teacher in Owen Sound.
  • Badge– Pages of small bible belonging to Milton Dobie - sent home with his effects to Mary Legate, Milton's fiancée.  She never married but was a well loved music teacher in Owen Sound.
  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 797 of 1084. He was buried about 1000 yards South East of Boiry, 7 ½ miles East, South East of Arras.  Subsequently, his body was exhumed and buried in VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY.
  • Memorial– Owen Sound Collegiate Institute Memorial Tablet. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun February 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– John Dobie Rear Row Left
Submitted By Operation Picture Me

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