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Military service
Service number:
7057
Age:
34
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
September 8, 1880
Death:
February 11, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
H. 4. 4.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Ann McMaster, of Hespeler, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Thomas McMaster
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Grave marker
Gravestone for John Thomas McMaster - July 13, 2011. Apparently the only Canadian soldier in the La Bouteillerie Cemetery, Nantes, France, he is buried not far from the Nantes railway station, where he was accidentally killed. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 13 March 1915, page 3. -
Photo of John McMaster
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOHN THOMAS MCMASTER
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Corporal John Thomas McMaster
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Thomas McMaster
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Thomas McMaster
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Thomas McMaster
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Thomas McMaster
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Thomas McMaster
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 27 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NANTES (LA BOUTEILLERIE) CEMETERY Loire-Atlantique, France
Nantes is a town on the River Loire about 48 kilometres east of St. Nazaire. On entering Nantes, follow the signs to the station. Nantes (La Bouteillerie) Cemetery will be found just at the back of Jardin des Plantes. The Commonwealth War Graves are in Section H, the Military Plot, near the north side of the cemetery and the Rue Gambetta.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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