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Military service
Service number:
602860
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
October 16, 1893
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Sarah Wheeler, of 18, Margaret Rd., New Barnet, Herts, England, and the late Frank Wheeler.
Digital gallery of Private John Wheeler
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Close-up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 34th Bn (Highland Light Infanty of Canada). Private Wheeler was a member of the 34th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V. Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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 John Wheeler
Digital gallery of
Private John Wheeler
Digital gallery of
Private John Wheeler
Digital gallery of
Private John Wheeler
Digital gallery of
Private John Wheeler
Digital gallery of
Private John Wheeler
Digital gallery of
Private John Wheeler
Digital gallery of
Private John Wheeler
Digital gallery of
Private John Wheeler
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 181 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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