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Norman Arthur Wheadon

In memory of:

Private Norman Arthur Wheadon

April 10, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

55316

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

19th Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

July 18, 1895

Son of William E. and Annie E. Wheadon, of Toronto.

Commemorated on Page 348 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

E. 13.

Location:

Bruay is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 26 kilometres north-west of Arras. Leave Bruay on the N.41 heading north towards Berck. Turn right where signposts indicate Lews/Calonne Riquart. After 400 metres turn right again, sign Cimetiere Ouest. Continue up the hill past the miner memorial. The cemetery is found after one kilometre on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is in the far right hand corner.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of NORMAN ARTHUR WHEADON– In memory of the employees from the Canadian Bank Of Commerce (CIBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of NORMAN ARTHUR WHEADON– From Volume 1 of Letters From The Front produced by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Honour Roll– Harbord Collegiate Institute  program for Remembrance Day 1931. Listing the names of the school's Fallen.
Submitted by BGen (ret) G Young, 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project.
Dileas Gu Brath

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