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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
9th Bn.
Death:
October 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. I. 2.
Additional information
Son of William Charles Whitaker and Elsie Francis Whitaker, of 238, Pall Mall St., London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Herbert Atherton Whitaker
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Newspaper Clipping
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Memorial Album
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Album
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Medals
British War and Victory medal pair attributed to Lieut. Whitaker Canadian Machine Gun Corps. -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo of Lieut. H. A. Whitaker pictured in the London Free Press newspaper - November 13, 1916. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Atherton Whitaker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Atherton Whitaker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Atherton Whitaker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Atherton Whitaker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Atherton Whitaker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Atherton Whitaker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Atherton Whitaker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Atherton Whitaker
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Herbert Atherton Whitaker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 181 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wimereux is a small town situated about 5 kilometres north of Boulogne. From Boulogne take the A16 to Calais and come off at Junction 4. Take the road to Wimereux north, D242, for approximately 2 kilometres, following the road through the roundabout. Take the first turn on the left immediately after the roundabout and the WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies approximately 200 metres down this road on the left hand side. The Commonwealth War Graves are situated to the rear of the communal cemetery.
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