Regimental Number: 101242
Rank: Private
Branch: 66th Battalion
John was born in Glamis, Scotland on December 12, 1878. He settled on a homestead one mile west of Lake Saskatoon and served as one of the councillors for the Bear Lake Municipality in 1915. John enlisted in the army in September of 1915. Just a few months later, on October 3, 1915, John was admitted to the hospital with a lacerated hand. He died of pneumonia on December 30, 1915.