John Thomas McMaster

1880 - 1915  (34 years)

• Name	John Thomas McMaster
  Born	8 Sep 1880	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	misfortune, accident, military, war
  Military	, Canada
  	WW1 - Army 1st Battalion
  		McMaster,JohnThomas-CasualtyReport.jpg
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Carding
  Military	1914	WW1   [5]
  	Corporal, 29th Battalion Highland Light Infantry / 4th Canadian Mounted Rifled
  Military	1914	WW1   [4]
  	WW1, 29th Regiment, Service #7057
  Misfortune	1915	, France
  	killed in war
  	"Died of injuries, accidently received." His battalion had entrained at Nantes, at 6.46 P.M. on February 12th, 1915, and just as the train was leaving the station Corporal McMaster attempted to get on but missed his footing and fell under The train sustaining a crushed thigh mud arms. He was taker to hospital at Nantes where he died.
  Misfortune	1915
  	Killed in WW1
  Name	Thomas McMaster
  Residence	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-83209
  Died	11 Feb 1915	, France   [6]
  Buried	Nantes (La Bouteillerie) Cemetery, France   [6]
  Person ID	I83209	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas McMaster,   b. Oct 1842, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Anne Flynn,   b. 1 Mar 1840, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Feb 1923, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1869	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 7]
  Family ID	F31270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Galt Regiment Suffers 29th Regiment Has Lost Several Men Since Departure from Canada. The 29th Regiment of Galt, for its strength at the front, has probably suffer more than any other Canadian regiment fo the first contingent. Lieut. Ross D. Briscoe of Galt was accidently killed at target practice at Salisbury Palin, while Corporal John Thomas McMaster was killed at the front, and two men from the 29th are now in hospital wounded. Private Bobby Park, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Park, 160 Forest road is the latest to be reported wounded in the casualty list. He is confined to the Canadian Military Hosptial at Shorncliffe suffering from gunshot wounds on the leg and hand. he is about 20 years of age and while born in Scotland, had lived in Galt four years. He was orderly to Captain Thomas Lockhart, who was in charge of the Galt detachment of the 1st Battalion. "Bobby: Park was better known in football circles in Galt having played centre forward with the Caledonian Football team, and was its chief goal-getter. The Toronto Star 13 Mar 1915 pg 3 _____________________ McMaster stumbled and fell beneath a troop train in Nantes as troops disembarked from England. The accident severed his arm and leg. It happened on Feb. 11, 1915. It was a hard welcome. But as the nation would soon learn, there were too many ways to die in the Great War. Heroes, rogues first to fight and first to die, Waterloo Region Record 25 Jul 2014

  
  

• Sources

  [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 18. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 8. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 15. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One. [S2007] Military - Canada - War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death. John Thomas McMaster Death Date: 11 Feb 1915 Rank:Corporal Unit: 1st Battalion Service number: 7057 Cemetery: La Boutillerie Cemetery Cemetery Location: Nantes, France Burial Place: Nantes, France [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Thomas McMaster b. Scotland Age: 30 born abt 1839 father: Thomas McMaster mother: Bridget McMaster married Ann Flynn Age:: 27 born abt 1842 b. Puslinch Ont father: Faniel Flynn mother: Ellen Flynn married 20 Sep 1869 Marriage Place: Wellington

  
  

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  Born - 8 Sep 1880 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Military - WW1 - Army 1st Battalion - - , Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carding - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - killed in war - 1915 - , France Residence - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Feb 1915 - , France Buried - - Nantes (La Bouteillerie) Cemetery, France  = Link to Google Earth