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Military service
Service number:
237449
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
October 13, 1882
Hamilton, Scotland
Enlistment:
April 8, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of William and Susan Cather, of Hamilton, Scotland; husband of Annie Cather, of 83, Glenlee Cottages, Burnbank, Lanarkshire.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Cather
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
Memorial Plaque -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 163. Page 31 of 958. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cather
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cather
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cather
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cather
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cather
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Cather
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 214 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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