Warden, John Weightman

He came from Saint John NB.

He enlisted 01/01/1901 in Saint John NB in the South African Constabulary for the South African War.

He served as a scout. At the end of the war he was appointed to command the Wakkerstroom Mounted Police District in the Transvaal.

He was the Prosecutor of the Criminal Court 1902-05.

In 1905 he returned to Canada.

He was elected as an Alderman of West Vancouver BC. After the war he became bankrupt (his asset disappeared with the Dominion Trust Co.) and worked as a harvest hand on the prairies. Afterwards in 1923 he was appointed as a Special Representative for the West Coast Lumberman's Association based in Seattle WA USA. After being laid off he became the doorman at a hotel in Chicago IL.

In 1929 he was appointed as the Governor of the Essex County Gaol in Sandwich ON.

He enlisted as a Private in the 6th Regiment DCOR in Vancouver BC.

In 1911 he won the St. George's Challenge Shield at Bisley.

He was appointed as a Captain in the 7th Battalion CF in 1914.

He was gassed and wounded at the second Battle of Ypres.

In 1915 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. On 03/11/1915 he was given authority to raise the 102nd (Comox-Atlin) Canadian Infantry Battalion in northern British Columbia for service overseas.

He was appointed as the Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the North British Columbia regiment.

In 1918 he was the commander of the Dunsterforce being taken to General Dunsterville at Baku in the Caspian Sea region travelling via Basrah and Bagdad.

He commaned 125,000 Russian, Armenian, Georgian, Arab, Tratar, Turkomen and British troops there.

In 1919 he took a contingent from Bombay to Vladivostok Siberia.

In 1920 he disembarked in Hong Kong and gathered intelligence in the interior of China.

He arrived in Siberia and proceeded to Omsk.

He declined an offer to join the staff of General Dennikin in the Black Sea area.

He proceeded to the UK when the troops were withdrawn.