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Military service
Service number:
745951
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
December 19, 1897
Enlistment:
Oshawa, Ontario
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Cheesewright, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private John Patrick Cheesewright
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Press Clipping
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Oshawa War Memorial
The Oshawa Ontario War Memorial (1924) was named "The Garden of the Unforgotten". This elaborate memorial was set with stones from each Great War Allied Nation and from the battlefields where Canadians fought. A pair of electric torches were to remain burning, and a copper time capsule box with artifacts from 1924 was buried under the memorial. In 2002 the Memorial Park was redeveloped and today the park incorporates beautiful gardens. A plaque explaining the redevelopment states: "Memorial Park is regarded as hallowed ground for quiet meditation, the enjoyment of music, and especially for honouring our men and women who served in armed conflicts". -
1914-1918 Memorial Plaque
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Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Circumstances of Death Registers
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, 165. Page 835 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 John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cheesewright
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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