Second Lieutenant Charles Herbert Wheelock
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Wheelock,
Charles Herbert
Date of birth: 1892-09-05
Place of birth: Orangeville Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. G. Wheelock (Mother), Orangeville, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student
Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Religion: Christian Scientist
Date of death:
1918-03-19
Cause of death:
Accident
Buried:
Dartford (Watling Street) Cemetery, A. 1653.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 83774
Highest Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Rank detail
Second Lieutenant (Air Force).
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Orangeville High School War Memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 368161
LAC ID:
310798
Service file: B10271-S016
Uploader's Notes:
Originally Attested to the 14th Battery, CFA. Eventually S.O.S. and accepted a commission in the Royal Flying Corp
'Bert's' death is mentioned in the book "A Soldier's Diary" by Donald Stuart MacPherson. Page 126 diary entry for April 13, 1918: "News has just now reached us here of Bert Wheelock’s accidental death on March 19th.”.
Uploader's Research notes: [Second Lieutenant Air Force Royal Flying Corps General List ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2011-01-19