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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Onesimus Fathers

In memory of:

Sergeant Onesimus Fathers

June 6, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

887035

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)

Additional Information


Born:

December 12, 1889
Ashley, Staffordshire, England

Enlistment:

November 1, 1915
North Battleford, Saskatchewan

Son of Hannah Fathers, of Winnipeg, Manitoba and the late Joel Fathers. Sergeant Fathers was employed as a sign painter before enlistment. He was not married.

Commemorated on Page 236 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. C. 25.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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