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John Whan

In memory of:

Lance Corporal John Whan

December 23, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

437553

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Division:

46th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 14, 1890

Son of George and Agnes Whan, of Gate-of-Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Husband of Mary B. Whan, of 10423, 83rd Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 181 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. C. 15.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of John Whan– John Whan, also called John McWhan, before he departed for Great Britain in 1915.

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