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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.