0 poppies laid on this site
In memory of:

Company Quarter Master Sergeant William Owen Wheten

Profile image
Poppy image

Military service

Service number: SF/8089
Age: 27
Rank: Company Quarter Master Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Cape Breton Highlanders, R.C.I.C
Birth: July 17, 1919 Pictou, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: March 16, 1942 Nova Scotia
Death: October 28, 1946 Hay Cove, Nova Scotia

Burial/memorial information

ANTIGONISH (ST. NINIAN'S) R.C. CEMETERY
Grave reference: Lot 174.
Additional information
Son of Sarah Wheaton, of Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Company Quarter Master Sergeant Wheten was a passenger in the vehicle driven by his brother, John (Jack) Aloysius Wheaton when the accident occurred. Both were killed.

Related media

Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 591 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page Download this page

ANTIGONISH (ST. NINIAN'S) R.C. CEMETERY Nova Scotia, Canada

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.

Did we miss something?

Contribute information to this commemorative page

Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.

Send us your images
Submit a correction
Date modified: