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Son of John McArthur of Stellarton, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private John Angus McArthur
Digital gallery of
Private John Angus McArthur
From the book, Catholics of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia and the Great War 1914- 1919.
Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Angus McArthur
John (Jack) Angus MacArthur, son of John MacArthur and Margaret MacDonald of Broad Cove Cape Breton. seen here on the left, shortly before his death in 1916 in France.
Digital gallery of
Private John Angus McArthur
John Angus (Jack) MacArthur, 1st on the left, photo sent home to family. While military records suggest his birthday was November 17, 1892, in actual fact, family records suggest that he was born in 1899, making him 16 when joining the army and 17 years old when he died at the Somme.
Digital gallery of
Private John Angus McArthur
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From the book, Catholics of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia and the Great War 1914- 1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me
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John (Jack) Angus MacArthur, son of John MacArthur and Margaret MacDonald of Broad Cove Cape Breton. seen here on the left, shortly before his death in 1916 in France.
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John Angus (Jack) MacArthur, 1st on the left, photo sent home to family. While military records suggest his birthday was November 17, 1892, in actual fact, family records suggest that he was born in 1899, making him 16 when joining the army and 17 years old when he died at the Somme.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 122 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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