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In memory of:

Petty Officer 1st Class John Edward White

Military service

Service number: N15774
Age: 31
Rank: Petty Officer 1st Class
Force: Navy
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Navy
Division: HMCS Shearwater (880 Sqn).
Birth: December 9, 1922 Dunnville, Ontario
Enlistment: April 4, 1941 Hamilton, Ontario
Death: May 6, 1954 Open sea enroute to Bermuda
Additional information

Son of Wilfred and Gertrude (nee Bowden) White of Dunnville, Ontario. Husband of Joy Mary Josephine (nee Mitchell) White and father of Janet L., Linda G. and John M. White of Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Brother of Wilfred Belmont White.

Additional citations

Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 50 of the In the Service of Canada, Vol. I (1947 – 2014) Book of Remembrance.
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