Perspectives On The Front

Name

George Elmer McMaster

Regimental Number

333999

Battalion

3rd Field Ambulance, Canadian Medical Corps

Date of Birth

3 November, 1889 (28 Years Old)

Place of Birth

Barrie, Ontario

Place and Date of Enlistment

Valcartier, Quebec; 25 September, 1914

Circumstances of Death

This is why boys shouldn’t tinker with things! As the Report on Accidental Injuries reported: “This NCO had, in fact, practically blown himself to bits”.

He was in charge of the Cooks of his Unit at le Quesnel. On the
night of August 19th, 1918 he was last seen alive sitting in the cookhouse with a shell nose between his thighs, taking it to pieces and examining the mechanism of it. ABout 7pm a loud report was heard and upon investigating Corporal McMaster was found dead in the chair, he having been killed and his body badly shattered by the shell nose being accidentally exploded.