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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.
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Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
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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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Private John Renwick Matheson
Source: Library and Archives Canada.
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Private John Renwick Matheson
Attestation Paper
Source Library and Archives Canada.
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Private John Renwick Matheson
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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Private John Renwick Matheson
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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Private John Renwick Matheson
From the Toronto Telegram April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Renwick Matheson
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
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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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Source: Library and Archives Canada.
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Attestation Paper Source Library and Archives Canada.
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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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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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From the Toronto Telegram April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 468 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
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.
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