Oscar was the son of Christopher Cameron and Agnes Cameron nee Bower, of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Parents:
Christopher – Born 2.4.1840 Nova Scotia – Died 29.4.1935 Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Married on 31.12.1871 to
Agnes – Born 1848 Nova Scotia – Died 1.11.1885 Nova Scotia
Note: Christopher remarried after the death of Agnes to Alice Maud Bower on 21.8.1889.
Alice Maud Bower was born in 1871 and died in 1950.
Siblings:
Percy Johnson – Born 1872 Shelburne
Charles – Born 1876 Shelburne
Ethel Mae – Born 1878 Shelburne – Died 1880 Shelburne
Beatrice Victoria – Born 25.11.1880 Shelburne – Died 7.2.1886 Shelburne
Step Siblings:
Jessie Bertha - Born 1889 – Died 2005 (Married Benjamin Arthur Acorn)
Mildred Louisa - Born 25.4.1894 Nova Scotia - Died 12.1.1990 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
(Married Charles Asa Doane)
Roy - Born 1900 -Died 1980
Clarence - Born 1902 - Died 2007 (Married Harriett Odessa Barbara Goulden)
Hilda Jean - Born 1909 - Died 2005 (Married William Wallace Mahaney)
A Private with the Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 59th Bn. Service Number: 3367.
Country of Service Australian. (Previous occupation Ship's Officer).
World War 1 Service
19 Jun 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917: Embarked Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney
Casualty of War: Died: Illness - Heart failure, due to chronic Bright's Disease, No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Codford, Wiltshire, on 24.1.1918. The remains of Private Oscar Cameron were buried at St. Mary's New Churchyard.
Further details of his military history can be found on the Virtual War Memorial site.
In the event of his death Oscar left the whole of his property and effects to his Stepsister, Miss Mildred Cameron.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Cenotaph here
Parents:
Christopher – Born 2.4.1840 Nova Scotia – Died 29.4.1935 Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Married on 31.12.1871 to
Agnes – Born 1848 Nova Scotia – Died 1.11.1885 Nova Scotia
Note: Christopher remarried after the death of Agnes to Alice Maud Bower on 21.8.1889.
Alice Maud Bower was born in 1871 and died in 1950.
Siblings:
Percy Johnson – Born 1872 Shelburne
Charles – Born 1876 Shelburne
Ethel Mae – Born 1878 Shelburne – Died 1880 Shelburne
Beatrice Victoria – Born 25.11.1880 Shelburne – Died 7.2.1886 Shelburne
Step Siblings:
Jessie Bertha - Born 1889 – Died 2005 (Married Benjamin Arthur Acorn)
Mildred Louisa - Born 25.4.1894 Nova Scotia - Died 12.1.1990 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
(Married Charles Asa Doane)
Roy - Born 1900 -Died 1980
Clarence - Born 1902 - Died 2007 (Married Harriett Odessa Barbara Goulden)
Hilda Jean - Born 1909 - Died 2005 (Married William Wallace Mahaney)
A Private with the Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 59th Bn. Service Number: 3367.
Country of Service Australian. (Previous occupation Ship's Officer).
World War 1 Service
19 Jun 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917: Embarked Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney
Casualty of War: Died: Illness - Heart failure, due to chronic Bright's Disease, No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Codford, Wiltshire, on 24.1.1918. The remains of Private Oscar Cameron were buried at St. Mary's New Churchyard.
Further details of his military history can be found on the Virtual War Memorial site.
In the event of his death Oscar left the whole of his property and effects to his Stepsister, Miss Mildred Cameron.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Cenotaph here
Oscar was the son of Christopher Cameron and Agnes Cameron nee Bower, of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Parents:
Christopher – Born 2.4.1840 Nova Scotia – Died 29.4.1935 Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Married on 31.12.1871 to
Agnes – Born 1848 Nova Scotia – Died 1.11.1885 Nova Scotia
Note: Christopher remarried after the death of Agnes to Alice Maud Bower on 21.8.1889.
Alice Maud Bower was born in 1871 and died in 1950.
Siblings:
Percy Johnson – Born 1872 Shelburne
Charles – Born 1876 Shelburne
Ethel Mae – Born 1878 Shelburne – Died 1880 Shelburne
Beatrice Victoria – Born 25.11.1880 Shelburne – Died 7.2.1886 Shelburne
Step Siblings:
Jessie Bertha - Born 1889 – Died 2005 (Married Benjamin Arthur Acorn)
Mildred Louisa - Born 25.4.1894 Nova Scotia - Died 12.1.1990 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
(Married Charles Asa Doane)
Roy - Born 1900 -Died 1980
Clarence - Born 1902 - Died 2007 (Married Harriett Odessa Barbara Goulden)
Hilda Jean - Born 1909 - Died 2005 (Married William Wallace Mahaney)
A Private with the Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 59th Bn. Service Number: 3367.
Country of Service Australian. (Previous occupation Ship's Officer).
World War 1 Service
19 Jun 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917: Embarked Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney
Casualty of War: Died: Illness - Heart failure, due to chronic Bright's Disease, No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Codford, Wiltshire, on 24.1.1918. The remains of Private Oscar Cameron were buried at St. Mary's New Churchyard.
Further details of his military history can be found on the Virtual War Memorial site.
In the event of his death Oscar left the whole of his property and effects to his Stepsister, Miss Mildred Cameron.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Cenotaph here
Parents:
Christopher – Born 2.4.1840 Nova Scotia – Died 29.4.1935 Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Married on 31.12.1871 to
Agnes – Born 1848 Nova Scotia – Died 1.11.1885 Nova Scotia
Note: Christopher remarried after the death of Agnes to Alice Maud Bower on 21.8.1889.
Alice Maud Bower was born in 1871 and died in 1950.
Siblings:
Percy Johnson – Born 1872 Shelburne
Charles – Born 1876 Shelburne
Ethel Mae – Born 1878 Shelburne – Died 1880 Shelburne
Beatrice Victoria – Born 25.11.1880 Shelburne – Died 7.2.1886 Shelburne
Step Siblings:
Jessie Bertha - Born 1889 – Died 2005 (Married Benjamin Arthur Acorn)
Mildred Louisa - Born 25.4.1894 Nova Scotia - Died 12.1.1990 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
(Married Charles Asa Doane)
Roy - Born 1900 -Died 1980
Clarence - Born 1902 - Died 2007 (Married Harriett Odessa Barbara Goulden)
Hilda Jean - Born 1909 - Died 2005 (Married William Wallace Mahaney)
A Private with the Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 59th Bn. Service Number: 3367.
Country of Service Australian. (Previous occupation Ship's Officer).
World War 1 Service
19 Jun 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917: Embarked Private, 3367, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney
Casualty of War: Died: Illness - Heart failure, due to chronic Bright's Disease, No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Codford, Wiltshire, on 24.1.1918. The remains of Private Oscar Cameron were buried at St. Mary's New Churchyard.
Further details of his military history can be found on the Virtual War Memorial site.
In the event of his death Oscar left the whole of his property and effects to his Stepsister, Miss Mildred Cameron.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Cenotaph here
Inscription
3367 PRIVATE
O. CAMERON
59TH BN. AUSTRALIAN INF.
24TH JANUARY 1918 AGE 37
(CROSS)
Gravesite Details
Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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