John Patrick Melligan

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772332

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

March 28th, 1918

Cemetery:

Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - II.A.14.

Commemorated at:

Massey-Harris Memorial Plaque (Toronto)

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

123 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

123 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Teamster

Employer:

Waterous Engine Co.

Religious denominations:

Roman Catholic

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds (Gunshot Wound Head) at No. 3 Canadian Field Ambulance.

BC April 6, 1918

Private John Patrick Melligan Died of Wounds

Mr. and Mrs. Melligan, 123 West Mill Street, on Saturday afternoon received the sad word that their son, John Patrick Melligan, had been killed on March 28th. He worked as a moulder at the Waterous Engine Works and enlisted with the 125th, going to France with the first draft from that Battalion. He was 23 in February last and a fine young man. In connection with his passing Mr. and Mrs. Melligan have received the following letter:

Dear Mrs. Melligan,

I desire to express to you my sincerest sympathy in the recent decease of your son, No. 772332, Private John Patrick Melligan, C.E.F. who in sacrificing his life at the front in action with the enemy has rendered the highest services of a worthy citizen.

The heavy loss which you and the Nation have sustained would indeed be depressing were it not redeemed by the knowledge that the brave comrade for whom we mourn performed his duties fearlessly and well as become a good soldier, and gave his life for the great cause of Human Liberty and the Defence of the Empire. Again extending to you in your bereavement my condolence and heartfelt sympathy, I am

Yours faithfully,

S.C. Mewburn

BX April 8, 1918

John Patrick Melligan Killed in Action

Mr. Charles Melligan, 123 West Mill Street, has received the sad intelligence officially from Ottawa that his son, Pte. John Patrick Melligan, of the transport section of the Fourth Battalion, had been killed in action March 28 in France. He was 23 years of age in February last. In a letter to Mr. Melligan, Major General Mewburn wrote as follows: “He was a brave comrade for whom we mourn and he performed his duties fearlessly in the cause of the Empire.” The minister of militia added his sincere condolences. Two brothers are also serving with the forces overseas, Private Augustus Melligan, Third Reserve, West Sandling, and Private Leo Michael Melligan, 60th Battalion France.