McMullen, John Wesley: Service no. 746055

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Source: Found in Circumstances of Casualty during search for Leonard McMullen.

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Family Search: When John Wesley McMullen was born on 6 October 1894, in Hastings, Ontario, Canada, his father, Frederick Hiram McMullen, was 28 and his mother, Phoebe Susan Wannamaker, was 28. He lived in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as labourer in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada. He died on 9 April 1917, in Thélus, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, at the age of 22, and was buried in Thélus, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

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McMullen, John Wesley: Service no. 746055. Source via Dennis McDonald, posted to 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
Reg number746055
NameMcMullen, John Wesley
RankPrivate
Year of Birth3/8/1905
Date of Death4/9/1917
Cemetery 
Cemetery location 
Country of birthCanada
Home CountryCanada
City bornTrenton, ON
AddressOshawa, ON
Enlistment Date12/18/1915
Drafted? 
Enlistment placeOshawa
Origin Unit116th Battalion
Pre war Unit 
Final Bn18th
ShipSS Olympic
Date in England7/31/1916
Date in France 
Date w 11612/18/1915
Left 116th10/6/1916
Marriedno
Occupationlabourer
Wounded date 
Wound type/Death particuolars 
KIAyes
DOW 
Died other 
Missing/Presumed Dead 
Wounded 
Sick 
PTSD 
Medals 
Vimyyes
Vimy area 
Raid 
Hill 70 
Pass 
Amiens 
Parvillers 
Boiry 
Canal 
Other 
Unit History116th to 18th battalion
Other detailsD Coy
Field Punishment 
FP Details 
Gravestone 
Underage 
Medically Unit 
Deserter 
Undesirable 
Casualty DescriptionKilled in action
Compiled by Mark Carmichael.
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Group photo – Pvt. John Wesley McMullen and sister Clara 1915 Oshawa. Source CVWM.
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Newspaper Clipping – Excerpt from a letter written by George Timmins, 18th Battalion, published in the Ottawa Citizen on November 12, 2005, page B5, in a article titled “Children at war”.
McMullen John Wesley 746055 Circ of Casualty
“Killed in Action”
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