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RAMC profile of:
John Thomas WHITEHEAD
[Service No:  426]
 
 

Place or Date
of Birth: 		Burnley, Lancs on 10th August 1888
Service Number: 426
TF Number:
Rank: Pte
Unit: 2nd East Lancashire Divisional Field Ambulance
Attached To: 2/2nd East Lancs Field Ambulance
Enlistment Location: Burnley, Lancs
Also Served:
Outcome: Drowned
Date Died: 13/08/1915
Age Died:
Where Buried and/or Commemorated: Helles Memorial - Turkey
Awards:
Gazette Reference:
 

Other Information:

John (who was known as Tom) was aboard H.M. Transport Ship 'Royal Edward', as part of a draft of reinforcements to join the 1/2nd East Lancashire Field Ambulance on Gallipoli, when it was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-14. He left behind a widow, Annice and two children John aged 6 and Annice aged 15 months. [CWGC and John's family (portrait photograph courtesy of John's family)]
 
 
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