Private Eugene Arthur "Art" McDiarmid

1897 - 1919  (21 years)

• Name	Eugene Arthur "Art" McDiarmid
  Prefix	Private
  Nickname	Art
  Birth	17 Apr 1897	Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142900030
  _FGRAVE	142900030
  Death	26 Jan 1919	Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Service Number: 219201 Canadian Infantry, 42nd Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Enlisted on August 27, 1915 at Smiths Falls, Ontario ... listing that he was single, was a student, and his mother as his next of kin. (it appears he lied about his age as his headstone says he was 19 at the time of his death) He was invalided back to Canada in 1917 for further medical treatment after being exposed to poisonous gas at Vimy. He was the son of William and Mary McDiarmid of Carleton Place, Ontario. Two of his brothers were killed .... another brother Leo James McDiarmid served and survived. Other siblings were Jane, Evangeline, Nathalie and Frances, Edward and Frank. He is commemorated on page 601 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Him and his brothers are named on the Cenotaph in Carleton Place. There is also Tributes to them on the Roll call of Honour website. His brothers who were KIA Private Victor Lionel McDiarmid Private Harold McDiarmid
  Burial	United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 2677 Cemetery Side Road. Beckwith Township, Lanark County,, Ontario K7C 3P2 Canada 613 257-7370
  Person ID	I38648	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	William McDiarmid,   b. 14 Jan 1842, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Canada West d. 10 Nov 1919, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Josephine Lavallee,   b. 19 Jul 1860, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Canada West d. 23 Jul 1935, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1883
  Family ID	F13648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 17 Apr 1897 - Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 26 Jan 1919 - Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 2677 Cemetery Side Road. Beckwith Township, Lanark County,, Ontario K7C 3P2 Canada 613 257-7370 - - United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth