Pte. John Thomas MELLISH

1927 - 1945  (17 years)

• Name	John Thomas MELLISH
  Prefix	Pte.
  alt birth	4 Jun 1924	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Birth	4 Jun 1927	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1931	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Attestation Papers	5 Oct 1942	Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
  	C-101542
  Death	8 Mar 1945	Veen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   [1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Burial	Groesbeek, Berg en Dal Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
  	Address: Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek Holland
  Person ID	I94003465	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Frederick MELLISH,   b. Abt 1896, Dartford, Kent, England d. 20 Feb 1969, Hanover, Grey, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Ida Mae PAPPIN,   b. 22 Nov 1906, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Bef 1995 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	16 Jul 1924	Osceola, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F47133158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Pte. John Thomas MELLISH military photograph Photograph of Pte. John Mellish, from The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2232160
  		Beachburg War Memorial, Beachburg, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Westmeath War Memorial, Westmeath, Ontario (on the back) Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Pembroke War Memorial dedicated to WWII - left side photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 2022

  
  

  Documents

  Pte. John Thomas MELLISH killed in action The Ottawa Journal, Mar 31, 1945 p. 3

  
  

  Headstones

  Pte. John Thomas MELLISH Cemetery Stone Photograph of Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery Stone, The Netherlands provided by Peter ten Dijke, photographer; used for this purpose with his permission http://lestweforget1945.org/

  
  

  Histories

  Pte. John Thomas MELLISH WWII Service Summary Compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Sources

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