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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
East Surrey Regiment
Division:
9th Bn.
Enlistment:
Montreal
Death:
August 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Rev. John Matheson and Christy Ann Elizabeth Matheson,of Cornwall, Ontario. Enlisted March, 1915 in 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Gazetted to 11th Battalion East Surrey Regiment, September, 1915.
Brother of Private John Renwick Matheson, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: McGill Daily October 1, 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Press Clipping
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Memorial
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
Attestation paper Source: Library and Archives Canada. -
Attestation paper
Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War) -
Memorial
Homer Lindsay Matheson's brother, John Renwick Matheson, was also killed in action during the First World Far. He was born on July 15, 1896, enlisted on June 6, 1916 and died on April 16, 1918. Inscription to the memory of JOHN RENWICK MATHESON on the family grave marker at St Andrew's United Church Cemetery, Dalhousie Mills, Ontario. -
Memorial
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
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Homer Lindsay Matheson
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Homer Lindsay Matheson
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Homer Lindsay Matheson
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Homer Lindsay Matheson
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Homer Lindsay Matheson
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Homer Lindsay Matheson
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Homer Lindsay Matheson
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Homer Lindsay Matheson
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Homer Lindsay Matheson
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