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John Renwick Matheson

In memory of:

Private John Renwick Matheson

April 16, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

535987

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

21st Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 15, 1896
Martintown, Ontario

Son of the Rev. John Matheson and Christy Ann Elizabeth Matheson of Montreal, Quebec.

Brother of Second Lieutenant Homer Lindsay Matheson, who died during service with the East Surrey Regiment.

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:

BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 8.

Location:

Bellacourt is a village in the commune of Riviere, in the Departement of the Pas de Calais, 10 kilometres south-west of Arras. Visitors should take the N25, Arras to Coullens main road, as far as Beaumetz les Loges. Take the D34 to Riviere, fork right onto the D7, still in the direction of Riviere, and then turn left to the cemetery as indicated by the CWGC sign.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Attestation paper– Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)

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    Attestation paper – Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
  • Memorial– John Renwick Matheson's brother, Homer Lindsay Matheson's, was also killed in action during the First World Far. He was born on July 2, 1892, enlisted on February 25, 1915 and died on August 1916. Inscription to the memory of HOMER LINDSAY MATHESON on the family grave marker at St Andrew¿s United Church Cemetery, Dalhousie Mills, Ontario.

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    Memorial – John Renwick Matheson's brother, Homer Lindsay Matheson's, was also killed in action during the First World Far. He was born on July 2, 1892, enlisted on February 25, 1915 and died on August 1916. Inscription to the memory of HOMER LINDSAY MATHESON on the family grave marker at St Andrew¿s United Church Cemetery, Dalhousie Mills, Ontario.
  • Attestation paper– Source: Library and Archives Canada.

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    Attestation paper – Source: Library and Archives Canada.
  • Attestation paper– Attestation Paper Source Library and Archives Canada.

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    Attestation paper – Attestation Paper Source Library and Archives Canada.
  • Gravemarker– Another view of the Matheson Family Grave Marker at St Andrew's United Church Cemetery, Dalhousie Mills, Ontario, commemorating the parents of John Renwick Matheson and Homer Lindsay Matheson

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    Gravemarker – Another view of the Matheson Family Grave Marker at St Andrew's United Church Cemetery, Dalhousie Mills, Ontario, commemorating the parents of John Renwick Matheson and Homer Lindsay Matheson
  • Memorial– Inscription to the memory of JOHN RENWICK MATHESON on the family grave marker at St Andrew's United Church Cemetery, Dalhousie Mills, Ontario.

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    Memorial – Inscription to the memory of JOHN RENWICK MATHESON on the family grave marker at St Andrew's United Church Cemetery, Dalhousie Mills, Ontario.

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