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John Thomas McMaster

In memory of:

Corporal John Thomas McMaster

February 11, 1915

Military Service

Service Number:

7057

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

September 8, 1880

Son of Thomas and Ann McMaster, of Hespeler, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 27 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NANTES (LA BOUTEILLERIE) CEMETERY
Loire-Atlantique, France

Grave Reference:

H. 4. 4.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • 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

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    Photo of JOHN THOMAS MCMASTER
    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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    Biography
    Biography – From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star for 13 March 1915, page 3.

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    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.

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    Photo of John McMaster
    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.

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    Waterloo Memorial Booklet
    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.
  • 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.

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    Grave marker
    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.

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