Wharf, Thomas

War
World War I, 1914-1918
Unit
71st Battalion

WHARF, Thomas
603252
71st Battalion
Born: March 20th, 1897, England
Died: July 1975
Enlisted: September 16th, 1915
Trained: Left for London, England in October 1915
Discharged: 1918
After the War: worked at Ford Motor Co.
Family: Married Rachel Anne Lougheed [born April 20th 1984] July 18th, 1918 in London, ON
Sons - Robert John, born May 2nd, 1919, died July 1975
George Colbourne, born March 5th, 1923, died March 8th, 1923
Thomas Lougheed Allan, born August 2nd, 1926, died August 3rd, 1926
Adopted Doreen Anne, born October 24th, 1931; Rachel Anne, died June 13th, 1965.
Comments: Thomas was a home child from England, coming over with his 2 sisters, Annie and Mary and brother, John. He lived with John Jr. and Minnie Wettlaufer on the farm and learned to write and read German.

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