Military service
Service number:
V/1484
Age:
24
Rank:
Stoker 1st Class
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.S. Walney
Birth:
June 21, 1918
Calendonia, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
January 21, 1941
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Death:
November 8, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot E. Row B. Grave 30.
Additional information
Son of Samuel William and Mary Ann MacPherson, of Caledonia, Prince Edward Island.
Brother of Seaman Lester Brehaut MacPherson, who died while serving with the Canadian Merchant Navy.
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Photo 1 of John Samuel MacPherson
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Document
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Letter
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Document
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
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Attestation paper
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Photo 2 of John Samuel MacPherson
John S. MacPherson in navy uniform circa 1940 -
Grave marker
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Stoker 1st Class John Samuel MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Stoker 1st Class John Samuel MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Stoker 1st Class John Samuel MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Stoker 1st Class John Samuel MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Stoker 1st Class John Samuel MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Stoker 1st Class John Samuel MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Stoker 1st Class John Samuel MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Stoker 1st Class John Samuel MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Stoker 1st Class John Samuel MacPherson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 93 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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