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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
July 3, 1882
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
October 28, 1914
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Kate Oldershaw of Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Mark Oldershaw
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Group Photo
Mark Oldershaw when he recieved his Lieutenant field commission. His son (Mark Oldershaw) put an X over his image. (Back row, 5th from the left) -
Letter
Letter recieved by Mrs. Oldershaw from the Minister of Militia and Defence. -
Photo 1 of Mark Oldershaw
Lieutenant Mark Oldershaw, taken in the field in France. -
Telegram
Telegram recieved March 28, 1917 by Mrs. Oldershaw. Was recieved 6 months after he was killed in action. -
Photo 2 of Mark Oldershaw
Formal photo of Mark Oldershaw when he was still a sergent. -
Photo 3 of Mark Oldershaw
Mark Oldershaw (right) on the ship traveling to the war. -
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)
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Mark Oldershaw
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Mark Oldershaw
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Mark Oldershaw
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Mark Oldershaw
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Mark Oldershaw
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Mark Oldershaw
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Mark Oldershaw
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Mark Oldershaw
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 143 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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