Date of birth:

May 6th, 1917 (Calgary/Alberta, Canada)

Date of death:

February 8th, 1945 (Wyler/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: V. Row: A. Grave: 8.

Nationality:

Canadian

Major
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.

On February 8th, at 5 am, the assault on Wyler was launched. While a bagpipe player could be heard in the background, John and Frank “Nobby” Clarke (Commander B Company) reminisced about their time in Calgary and England. They looked at the Wyler church tower and agreed to have a glass of rum in the church when next they met up again. Despite their best efforts, the Battle of Wyler proved much more difficult than expected and would last eight hours. Thirteen Calgary Highlanders were killed during this operation. The regiment stayed a further two days in the town’s ruins and then returned to Berg en Dal and Nijmegen.
Nobby Clarke was never to have that glass of rum with John at Wyler's church. John was one of the thirteen Calgary Highlanders who lost their lives. Nobby found John in a trench, shot by a sniper. The trench was clearly visible from the village. Nobby never understood why John had been so careless. After finding John, he combed out the village with his B- Company and shot every sniper they came across.

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