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Alexander Russell Whittaker

In memory of:

Private Alexander Russell Whittaker

October 11, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

3131518

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

18th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

January 13, 1896

Son of Mrs. A. Whittaker, of 533, Sandwich St. East, Windsor, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 522 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

NIAGARA CEMETERY, IWUY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

B. 8.

Location:

Iwuy is a village approximately 8 kilometres north-east of Cambrai and NIAGARA CEMETERY, IWUY, is 1 kilometre south-east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Alexander Russell Whittaker– Enlisted January 7, 1918, with the 4th Canadian Reserves. Transferred to the 18th Battlaion. Killed in action at Cambrai, October 11, 1918.

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