Whiteman, Francis Herbert
Survived 1917-06-01
Birth Date: unkown date
Born: Shakespeare, Ontario
Robert & Catherine Whiteman
Home: Hamilton, Ontario (Sanitorium, for tuberculosis)
Enlistment: Galt, Ontario, 24th Can. Horse, CEF
Enlistment Date: 1914-10-23
Service
RFC
Unit
3 (FR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)
Base
France
Rank
Lieutenant
Position
2nd-Lieutenant
Service Numbers
First Burial
Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario
Formerly 24th Canadian Horse Regiment1916-08-29: Whiteman was posted to 3 Sqn, RFC, flying the Morane Parasol monoplane. His written WWI history ends 1917-06-01 with his promotion to Lieutenant. Nothing more is written after this date. His observer in the Morane, 2nd-Lieut Leonard Gellatly (British) also survived the crash. Died of TB, 1938
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