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Military service
Service number:
160379
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
April 12, 1890
Death:
November 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Whitefield; husband of Agnes Whitefield, of Glenns Ferry, Idaho, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Private John Whitefield
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private John Whitefield
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