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Military service
Service number:
A/21731
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 2, 1921
Windsor, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 14, 1939
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
F. 41.
Additional information
Son of George Francis and Ellen Collison, of Windsor, Ontario. Brother of George Robert, Harry Wallace and Greta Ellen.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Private Clayton Kenneth Collison
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Clayton Kenneth Collison
Digital gallery of
Private Clayton Kenneth Collison
Digital gallery of
Private Clayton Kenneth Collison
Digital gallery of
Private Clayton Kenneth Collison
Digital gallery of
Private Clayton Kenneth Collison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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