Lance Corporal John Shiwak
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1889-02-15
Place of birth: Labrador Newfoundland
Next of kin: John and Sarah Shiwak, parents. Rigolet, Labrador, Newfoundland
Marital status: single
Date of death:
1917-11-21
Cause of death:
Killed in action
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 1735
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
Rank detail
Lance Corporal (British Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Masnières, France
Commemoration location: Beaumont-Hamel (Newfoundland) Memorial, France
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 722588
Uploader's Notes:
Son of John Shiwak and Sarah Shiwak (nee Susanna) of Rigolet, Melville Lake, Labrador.
More information on the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and on the Canadian Encyclopedia.
Date of birth is approximate, February or March 1889.
John Shiwak was killed the morning of November 21, 1917 in Masnières, France. He was buried close to where he fell but his body was never recovered. He is remembered on the Beaumont-Hamel Memorial as one of the soldiers with no known grave.
Uploader's Research notes: [Lance Corporal British Army Newfoundland Infantry 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment F Company ]
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Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-07-20