Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Matthew Austin Houlahan
In memory of:
Private Matthew Austin Houlahan
September 27, 1918
Military Service
2020563
26
Army
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
7th Bn.
Additional Information
February 12, 1892
Fallowfield, Ontario
He was the 8th child of Thomas Houlahan and Margaret Gleeson. His father died when he was only 16 and his mother was left to raise the family and run the farm. They were a large family with 11 children. There was Ellen, George, James, Thomas Jr. Timothy, Margaret, Sister Ste Anne, Matthew Austin, Catherine, John Emmett and William. Matthew was killed in action during WW1 on September 27th, 1918 at the age of 26 while in the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment). He is buried in France in the Ontario Cemetery, Sains Les Marquion, Nord, France. His name is inscribed in the First World War Book of Remembrance which is guarded in the Memorial Chapel in the Peace Tower at Parliament in Ottawa, Ontario. Through the Page Turning Ceremony, held daily at 11:00 a.m., the page on which he is commemorated is shown every 15 September.
Commemorated on Page 431 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION
Nord, France
I. A. 22.
Sains-les-Marquion is a village and it lies approximately 2 kilometres south of Marquion, which lies on the main straight road from Arras to Cambrai. The Ontario Cemetery lies to the south of the village. The cemetery was made after the capture of Sains-les-Marquion by the Canadian Division on September 27, 1918. The Cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice and now covers an area of 949 square metres. It is enclosed by a rubble wall.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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