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Gunner JOHN McL. WAINWRIGHT

Service Number: 349196
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Field Artillery

1st Bde.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST

I. A. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John R. and Carrie Wainwright, of Hamilton, Ontario. Born at Owen Sound, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription HE HAS FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT HE HAS FINISHED HIS COURSE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 641
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