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Military service
Service number:
2213
Age:
25
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South African Constabulary
Death:
May 6, 1902
Vet River, South Africa
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Trooper Mechian is commemorated on a bronze plaque on the Cenotaph located in St. Marys, Ontario. He is also commemorated on his father's headstone in the St Marys Cemetery.
Digital gallery of Trooper Charles Wesley Mechian
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Newspaper clipping
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St Marys Cenotaph
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St Marys Town Hall Bronze Plaque
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Memorial at Bloemfontein Zoo
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Gravemarker
Digital gallery of
Trooper Charles Wesley Mechian
Digital gallery of
Trooper Charles Wesley Mechian
Digital gallery of
Trooper Charles Wesley Mechian
Digital gallery of
Trooper Charles Wesley Mechian
Digital gallery of
Trooper Charles Wesley Mechian
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 27 of the South African War / Nile Expedition Book of Remembrance.
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VET RIVER SIDING CEMETERY (PRINS WILLIE) DISTRICT THEUNISSEN South Africa
The cemetery is located approximately 12 km from Theunissen on the R30. About 30km north of Brandfort on the R30, look for a dirt road with a sign for the S477 (across from the 32 km peg). Drive 5km to the railway bridge and the Vet River cemetery is on the right. The entrance is about 400 m on the right, down the first dirt road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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