| Rank | Private |
| Service # | 623211 |
| Unit # | CMR |
| Resident | Chatham |
Regimental number: 623211 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8143 – 42, Item: 595974, PDF:- B8143-SO42. Date of Birth 21/10/1891 at Chatham, ON. Son of John Reeve of Port Arthur. Occupation: Fire Ranger. Single. Member of 96th ‘Lake Superior ‘Reg’t. Attestation: 18/10/1915 at Port Arthur, ON.
Apparent Age: 24 years, Height: 5’ 11”, Girth 39”, Complexion: Fair, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Brown, Weight: 160#. Medical Exam: 26/10/15 at Halifax, NS. 96th Regt. 4/02/16 TOS – Shorncliff. Date of Service: 24/03/16 11th Res. Bn. To France, 24/03/16. 26/05/16 from 11th Res. Bn.
Arrived in England aboard S.S.Lapland 30/10/15 Landed in France to 1st Bn. Left for unit – FIELD
Reported MIA, between 2 June, and 5 June, 1915. “Prew rep: missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died or since. 25/06/16 Unit report “Missing” 5/06/16 Presumed Dead. 8/04/16 Joined unit 14/06/18
REEVE, ARTHUR STANLEY Initials: A S Nationality: Canadian Rank: Private Regiment: 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regiment) Age: 26. MIA, Date of Death: 05/06/1916 Service No: 623211 Additional information: Son of John Reeve, (Barrister) of Port Arthur, Ontario. Born at Chatham, Ontario. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 30, 32. Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
John Reeve Arthur’s father received the Memorial Scroll 18/10/21 and the Memorial Plaque 10/02/22.
Unidentified News Paper :
“Young Surveyor – Reported Missing”. Chatham, 28/0616.
Arthur Reeve, brother of of Murray Reeve, a Lawyer, of the firm of Houston & Clark of this city is officially reported to have been missing from 5 June, according to information receive by the family.
At the outbreak of the war he was engaged with a party of Dominion surveyors, working in New Ontario leaving subsequently from Winnipeg, here he qualified as a Lieutenant. Not having received a commission two months after qualifying as an officer he enlisted as a private in the mounted battalion at Port Arthur.
The last word received from the soldier was that he was about to leave to the trenches to take a special course in bomb-throwing.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
| Sources | Commonwealth War Grave Commission, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8143 - 42, LAC, CVWM |
| Supplemental Information | Age: 26. MIA, Date of Death: 05/06/1916 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 30, 32. Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL |
| Height | 5'11" |
| Weight | 160 lbs. lbs |
| Eye Colour | Grey |
| Age | 24 yrs |
| Complexion | Fair |
| Hair | Brown |
| Birthplace | 21/10/1891 at Chatham, ON. |
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