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Son of Samuel and Margaret Matthews. Husband of Lillian Matthews, of Fordwich, Ontario.
His brother Murray Alvin Matthews died on June 3, 1919 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) and he is buried at Harriston Public Cemetery.
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Private John Carlyle Matthews
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Private John Carlyle Matthews
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Private John Carlyle Matthews
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Private John Carlyle Matthews
Carlyle is the 15 year old on the left back and his older brother, Murray Alvin, is on the back right. Wallace is the youngest standing in the middle between Sam and Margaret. Eva is their only daughter in the back and Donald is sitting in front
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Attestation Paper
Source Library and Archives Canada.
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Private John Carlyle Matthews
Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
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Private John Carlyle Matthews
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Carlyle is the 15 year old on the left back and his older brother, Murray Alvin, is on the back right. Wallace is the youngest standing in the middle between Sam and Margaret. Eva is their only daughter in the back and Donald is sitting in front
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Attestation Paper Source Library and Archives Canada.
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Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 469 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Nord, France
Auberchicourt is a commune mining village in the Department of the Nord, 11.5 kilometres east of Douai on the road to Valenciennes and AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is one kilometre west of the village on the northside of the road to Erchin, 300 yards away from the Communal Cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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