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Gordon John Matheson

In memory of:

Corporal Gordon John Matheson

August 8, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

713183

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 27, 1897
Cardigan

Enlistment:

March 28, 1916
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Son of George Matheson, of Cardigan, Prince Edward Island.

Commemorated on Page 468 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TORONTO CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

C. 17.

Location:

Demuin is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme in the valley of the Luce to the east of Domart. TORONTO CEMETERY is 2 kilometres north of Demuin village, in the fields.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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