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Military service
Service number:
486611
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
August 27, 1895
Enlistment:
August 31, 1915
Death:
September 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Philip James Whitelock and Mary Ann Whitelock (nee Bird), of Sundridge, Ontario. Born 27 August 1895 in Pearcely, Ontario. Enlisted at Niagara on 31 August 1915. Sailed from Halifax on 27 November 1915 and arrived in England on board the S.S. Lapland. Reported as wounded on October 5, 1916, reported as wounded and missing on 28 October 1916, final entry on file, presumed to have died on or since September 5, 1916. He stated he was single and his civilian occupation was that of labourer. Pte Whitelock is also commemorated on a memorial in Magnetawan, Ontario having made the supreme sacrifice.
Additional citations
Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
Digital gallery of Private Henry Whitelock
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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 Henry Whitelock
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Whitelock
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 181 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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