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McMaster, John Thomas

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Description Level
Item
Date Range
1919-1921
Collection
Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Scope and Content
A white index card containing name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County. Card also includes a photograph and a red cross.
at Valcartier, left for overseas September 28, 1914, trained at Salisbury Plains left for France February 6
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Description Level
Item
Accession Number
WW1_M_093
Material Details
Cards
Physical Description
20.6 cm (W) X 15.5 cm (H)
30.7 cm (W) X 25.5 cm (H) with mat/border
Language
English
Date Range
1919-1921
Date of Publication
1919
Citation
Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One
Scope and Content
A white index card containing name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County. Card also includes a photograph and a red cross.
Storage Location
SIC WW1 Box 3
Name Access
McMaster, John Thomas
McMaster, Thomas
Brewster, Margaret
Subject Access
Military life
Soldiers
World War One, 1914-1918
29th Highland Light Infantry Battalion
Place
Republic of France, France, France [Place of military service]
Hespeler, Ontario, Canada [Place of education]
Arrondissement de Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France [Place of death and burial]
Salisbury Plain, England, United Kingdom [Place of military training]
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec, Canada [Place of military training]
Geographic Access
France
Hespeler, Ontario
Arrondissement de Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
Salisbury, England
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec
Copyright Status
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
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Source Organization
Kitchener Public Library
Collection
Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Transcription
McMaster, John Thomas Corporal. Enlisted August 14, 1914 with 29th Battalion Highland Light Infantry. Roman Catholic. Born September 8, 1880 educated at Hespeler Public School. Trained at Valcartier, left for overseas September 28, 1914, trained at Salisbury Plains left for France February 6, 1915. He was accidentally killed at Nantes, France on February 12, 1915 and is buried at Bouteillers Cemetery, Nantes, France. He was a veteran of the South African War, going over with 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles April 1902 and was honorably discharged that same year. His next of kin is Thomas McMaster, Box 69, Hespeler, Ontario. Margaret Brewster, Hespeler, Ontario.
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Scharlach, Oscar

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Description Level
Item
Date Range
1919-1921
Collection
Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Scope and Content
A white index card containing name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County.
live at 111 Lancaster St. E., Kitchener. He has been on active service for two years in France
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Description Level
Item
Accession Number
WW1_S_028
Material Details
Cards
Physical Description
15.2 cm (W) X 18.7 cm (H)
20 cm (W) X 25.3 cm (H) with mat/border
Language
English
Date Range
1919-1921
Date of Publication
1919
Citation
Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One
Scope and Content
A white index card containing name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County.
Storage Location
SIC WW1 Box 4
Name Access
Scharlach, Oscar
Woelfle, Odella E. E.
Subject Access
Military life
Soldiers
World War One, 1914-1918
118th Battalion
33rd Company Canadian Forestry Corps.
Place
Republic of France, France, France [Place of military service]
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada [Birthplace]
Geographic Access
France
Kitchener, Ontario
Copyright Status
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
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Source Organization
Kitchener Public Library
Collection
Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Transcription
Scharlach, Oscar Private. Enlisted March 1916 with the 118th Battalion. Transferred to 33 Company Canadian Forestry Corps. Lutheran. He was born and educated in Kitchener and is unmarried. His parents live at 111 Lancaster St. E., Kitchener. He has been on active service for two years in France. Odella E.E. Woelfle, 424 Mill St., Kitchener.
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Snider, Emerson

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Description Level
Item
Date Range
1919-1921
Collection
Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Scope and Content
A white index card containing name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County. Card also contains a red slash.
March 30, 1919 and now lives at Conestoga, Ontario. He left for overseas January 31, 1918 and to France
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Item
Accession Number
WW1_S_207
Material Details
Cards
Physical Description
16 cm (W) X 26 cm (H)
17.5 cm (W) X 27.5 cm (H) with mat/border
Language
English
Date Range
1919-1921
Date of Publication
1919
Citation
Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One
Scope and Content
A white index card containing name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County. Card also contains a red slash.
Storage Location
SIC WW1 Box 5
Name Access
Snider, Emerson
Subject Access
Military life
Soldiers
World War One, 1914-1918
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Place
Detroit, Michigan, United States [Place of education]
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada [Place of education]
Republic of France, France, France [Place of military service]
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [Place of residence]
Winterbourne, Ontario, Canada [Place of education]
Pilkington, Ontario, Canada [Birthplace]
Geographic Access
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Kitchener, Ontario
France
Waterloo (Regional Municipality), Ontario
Winterbourne, Ontario
Pilkington, Ontario
Copyright Status
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
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Source Organization
Kitchener Public Library
Collection
Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Transcription
Snider, Emerson Private. Enlisted June 11, 1917 with the Cavalry - Royal Canadian Dragoons. Methodist. Born December 27, 1890 at Pilkington Township, Wellington County, educated at Winterbourne Public School and Euler Business College, also Detroit Technical Institute. Single. He was discharged March 30, 1919 and now lives at Conestoga, Ontario. He left for overseas January 31, 1918 and to France April 16, 1918. He was wounded in the left shoulder with shrapnel near St. Quentin on October 1, 1918.
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