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Remembering World War II
John Neil MacLellan
John Neil MacLellan
Private
B/37389
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
October 6, 1913
Ottawa Brook, Victoria Co., NS
March 11, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
26
6 feet
Dark
Hazel
Black
Single
Miner (Gold Mining)
Roman Catholic
Angus MacLellan (Father) Ottawa Brook, NS
August 19, 1942
28
Calais Canadian War Cemetery
B. 4. 2.
Commemorated on Page 92 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 27
John Neil MacLellan was the second oldest of the ten children of Angus MacLellan and Cassie MacLellan
of Ottawa Brook, Inverness Co., NS.
Private MacLellan trained in Canada between October 6, 1940 and July 23, 1940. He went overseas
disembarking at Gourock, Scotland on September 2, 1940. He trained in the United Kingdom until
August 1942. On August 18, he embarked England for France as part of the attack at Dieppe. He was
listed as missing and confirmed killed in action on
August 19, 1942 by the Swiss Legation, Vichy,
France in January, 1943. Private MacLellan was
buried in the Communal Cemetery at Equihen Plage
near Calais. In 1947 his remains were re-interned
in the Calais Canadian Military Cemtery, St.
Inglevert, France.
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