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Military service
Service number:
773051
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
May 11, 1878
Death:
August 17, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Arthur J. Overton, of Marchmead, Aldridge, Staffs, England.
Digital gallery of Private Matthew Overton
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Photo of Matthew Overton
Killed in action August 17, 1917 at Trenches at Loos, France. 1st Battalion Canada. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Brantford Expositor 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Matthew Overton
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Matthew Overton
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Private Matthew Overton
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Overton
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Overton
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Overton
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Overton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 304 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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