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Thomas Alexander Rowat

In memory of:

Lieutenant Thomas Alexander Rowat

June 28, 1917

Military Service

Age:

38

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

38th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 19, 1878
Winchester, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 14, 1915
Haileybury, Ontario

Son of the Rev. A. Rowat and Margaret McKenzie Rowat, of 260, Notre Dame St., St. Lambert, Quebec. Native of Athelston, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 319 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

X. D. 2.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Press Clipping– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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    Press Clipping
    Press Clipping – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
  • Grave marker

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker
  • Cenotaph Cobalt, Ontario– Cenotaph in the Major Edward Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario. Photo by Ken Riley.

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    Cenotaph Cobalt, Ontario
    Cenotaph Cobalt, Ontario – Cenotaph in the Major Edward Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario. Photo by Ken Riley.
  • Cenotaph Cobalt, Ontario– WWI fallen remembered on the Cobalt Cenotaph. Photo by Ken Riley.

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    Cenotaph Cobalt, Ontario
    Cenotaph Cobalt, Ontario – WWI fallen remembered on the Cobalt Cenotaph. Photo by Ken Riley.
  • Villers Station Cemetery– Villers Station Cemetery, France. Photo by Ken Riley

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    Villers Station Cemetery
    Villers Station Cemetery – Villers Station Cemetery, France. Photo by Ken Riley
  • Grave marker– Thomas Alexander Rowat grave marker with Great Cross in background. Photo by Ken Riley

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    Grave marker – Thomas Alexander Rowat grave marker with Great Cross in background. Photo by Ken Riley
  • Newspaper Clipping– Source: McGill Daily October 1, 1917

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Source: McGill Daily October 1, 1917

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