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John Melville

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John's grave marker, image courtesy of Graceti, findagrave.com

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 25.08.1917
  • Place of enlistment: Montreal, Canada
  • Service no: 2245531
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Forestry Corps
  • Unit/Ship: 13th Company

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 06.09.1897
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Labourer
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Grace Melville

  • Children:
  • Age at Death: 35
  • Date of Death: 10.08.1923
  • Place of Death: Canada
  • Burial Country: Canada
  • Cemetery: Cimetiere Mont-Royal, Montreal

More about John Melville

service record

N.O.K. listed as Georgina Walker (aunt) 150 Knox St, Point St. Charles, Montreal

According to his service record his father was killed in action in the Boer War.

Gary Thomson

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