Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Attestation Paper – CEF Attestation p 1

Attestation Paper (page 2) – CEF Attestation p 2

Photo of Herbert Peterson – Toronto Star March 4, 2007. Jeff Bassett photo

Photo of Herbert Peterson

Inscription on Vimy Memorial – Private Herbert Peterson died on June 9, 1917 and was commemorated among the missing on the Vimy Memorial. Subsequently, his remains were recovered and on April 7, 2007 were laid to rest at La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy, France.

Funeral Procession – April 7, 2007 - Arras/Vimy, France. Funeral and interment services for Private Herbert Peterson, St. Louis Chapel and La Chaudière Military Cemetery.

Funeral Procession – April 7, 2007 - Arras/Vimy, France. Funeral and interment services for Private Herbert Peterson, St. Louis Chapel and La Chaudière Military Cemetery.

Graveside Service – April 7, 2007 - Arras/Vimy, France. Funeral and interment services for Private Herbert Peterson, St. Louis Chapel and La Chaudière Military Cemetery.

Family paying last respects – April 7, 2007 - Arras/Vimy, France. Funeral and interment services for Private Herbert Peterson, St. Louis Chapel and La Chaudière Military Cemetery.

Laying of the Wreath – April 7, 2007 - Arras/Vimy, France. Funeral and interment services for Private Herbert Peterson, St. Louis Chapel and La Chaudière Military Cemetery.

Inscription – April 7, 2007 - Arras/Vimy, France. Funeral and interment services for Private Herbert Peterson, St. Louis Chapel and La Chaudière Military Cemetery.

Remembering Herbert Peterson – April 7, 2007 - Arras/Vimy, France. Funeral and interment services for Private Herbert Peterson, St. Louis Chapel and La Chaudière Military Cemetery.

Gravemarker

Painting – Undated handout photo of the painting `Representative of their numbers`, by artist Catherine Jones, depicting the final moments of Pte. Herbert Peterson of Alberta. The remains of Alberta soldier, Pte. Herbert Peterson of Berry Creek, were discovered years ago during a road-building project. Peterson was named in 2007 after DNA testing of bone fragments established his identity. He was buried at a site south of the French village of Avion, where Canadian units fiercely clashed 94 years ago with entrenched German forces in the weeks following Canada's landmark victory at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917. Peterson's remains, along with telltale buttons and shreds of uniform that first identified him as a Canadian infantryman from the Edmonton-based 49th Battalion, were re-interred during a ceremony in April 2007 at a Commonwealth war cemetery in France. Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Alberta+soldier+identified+eight+years+after+remains+found+near+Vimy+Ridge/4341103/story.html#ixzz1FMUt2ppK

Cemetery – La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

Epitaph – (John & Anne Stephens 2013)