Private
Service # 802040
“James Warren appears on the Mount Brydges cenotaph and the Caradoc Community Centre Memorial wall.
He was a machinist at a furniture factory, living with his wife Eanora and three young children. He served with the 135th Btn and the 15th Btn. He was killed in action at Vimy Ridge on the 9th of April 1917. He is buried in Nine Elms Military Cemetery in Thelus France.”
[Source: Strathroy Museum]
On the Strathroy Museum website there are several official document records created while Private Kellestine was in service.
Private Kellestine was killed in action at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917. He was serving in the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), of the 3rd Brigade, in the 1st Canadian Division. Description of the events on that Easter Sunday when Private James Warren Kellestine was killed in the Battle of Vimy Ridge can be found on this website.
Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thelus, France – Google Map
