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Military service
Service number:
4097063
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
December 15, 1886
Rickinghall, Suffolk, England
Enlistment:
February 20, 1918
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
October 1, 1918
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
He served as James Smith and his name is aslo commemorated on page 503 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Son of William Smith of Rickinghall, Suffolk, England.
Digital gallery of Private John Whistlecraft
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Attestation papers
Attestation Paper (Front)-- which was signed by John WHISTLECRAFT on 20 Aug 1914 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. -
Attestation papers
Attestation Paper (Front)-- which was signed by "James SMITH" on 11 Nov 1917 in Regina, Saskatchewan. Canada. -
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)
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Private John Whistlecraft
Digital gallery of
Private John Whistlecraft
Digital gallery of
Private John Whistlecraft
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 521 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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