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Military service
Age:
31
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
May 31, 1911
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
July 10, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 23. Column 3.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Evelyn Colson of Montreal, Quebec. Husband of Frances Colson of Hampstead, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John David Colson
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Brookwood Memorial
Photo taken by John S. Brehaut during the Road to Freedom Tour of 2003. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John David Colson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John David Colson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John David Colson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John David Colson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John David Colson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John David Colson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John David Colson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John David Colson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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