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James Ketchum

In memory of:

Gunner James Ketchum

May 4, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

85734

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

6th Bde.

Additional Information

Carleton,. Son of T. Carleton L. Ketchum and Margaret Ketchum (nee Cadman), of Woodstock, New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 268 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. A. 13.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of James Ketchum– Source: Portraits of 28 Woodstock New Brunswick men who died during the first World War were published in the "All Woodstock Number" of the August 1922 issue of "The Busy East of Canada" (Vol. 13, No. 1). This section was captioned: "Woodstock Boys, Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War". Retouching: M. I. Pirie, 2011.

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    Photo of James Ketchum
    Photo of James Ketchum – Source: Portraits of 28 Woodstock New Brunswick men who died during the first World War were published in the "All Woodstock Number" of the August 1922 issue of "The Busy East of Canada" (Vol. 13, No. 1). This section was captioned: "Woodstock Boys, Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War". Retouching: M. I. Pirie, 2011.

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