Commanding Officer 48th Highlanders of Canada March – September 1939
First 92nd Battalion Draft – 15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada
Lieutenant Colonel John Howard Chipman was born in St Stephen, New Brunswick in 1895.
At the age of 12, he was a bugler in the 71st York Regiment which was under the command of his father.
LCol John Howland Chipman was President of Brown Brothers Stationers Ltd and a grandson of Sir Leonard Tilley – one of the fathers of Confederation.
He died on June 16 1957 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
NOK: Mrs. John D. Chipman (M) 6 Prince Arthur Ave., Toronto , ON
