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Military service
Service number:
L/12904
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 4, 1905
Arcola, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
April 16, 1940
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 25. Column 1.
Additional information
Son of Richard and Martha Ellen Collins. Husband of Elsie A. M. Collins, of Welland, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Richard Collins
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Brookwood Memorial
Photo taken by John S. Brehaut during the Road to Freedom Tour of 2003. -
Medals
Medals belonging to Private Richard Collins who was killed on August 19, 1942 during the Dieppe Raid. He was a member of the South Saskatchewan Regiment. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Collins
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Collins
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Collins
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Collins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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