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Military service
Service number:
2138493
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
"D" Coy. 29th Bn.
Birth:
March 24, 1890
Forest Hill, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
January 28, 1918
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
October 10, 1918
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Additional information
Son of Neil and Flora McDonald Matheson, of Forest Hill, Prince Edward Island. His brothers Daniel and Angus L. also served.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Circumstances of death
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Private Alexander Matheson
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Private Alexander Matheson
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Private Alexander Matheson
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Private Alexander Matheson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 468 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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