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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

John Wesley Monkman

In memory of:

Private John Wesley Monkman

April 9, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

800007

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

15th Bn .

Additional Information

Born:

January 29, 1886

Commemorated on Page 296 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY (France)
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. E. 30.

Location:

Thelus is a village about 6.5 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Lens. The NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY is on the western side of the main road and about 1.5 kilometres south of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of JOHN WESLEY MONKMAN– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of JOHN WESLEY MONKMAN
    Photo of JOHN WESLEY MONKMAN – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Press Clipping

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  • Cap Badge– Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Monkman was originally a member of the 134th Bn before transfer to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Cap Badge
    Cap Badge – Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Monkman was originally a member of the 134th Bn before transfer to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Cap Badge– Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Cap Badge
    Cap Badge – Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Shoulder Patch– Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Shoulder Patch
    Shoulder Patch – Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Grave marker– Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH.

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    Grave marker – Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH.
  • Record of Service– Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Record of Service
    Record of Service – Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Record of Service– Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH

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    Record of Service
    Record of Service – Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
  • Grave Marker– Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
  • Cemetery– Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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