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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Wharton John
|Army number=4469735
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At time of death).Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry – date not yet available – and posted to the 10th Battalion.  Underwent Basic Training - probably at Brancepeth Training Centre.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  Wounded.  Transferred to the Highland Light Infantry 26/9/1944 on the disbanding of the 10th Battalion.  Documents to Perth 1/1/1945.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=On being posted to the 10th Battalion.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Yes – in Normandy – 19/8/1944.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).  No details available as yet.
}}