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Military service
Age:
33
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Death:
August 26, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XX. D. 16.
Additional information
Son of John Alexander Cameron and Maude Cameron, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Flora Cameron. of Toronto.
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Cameron, John Alexander - Captain. Born 15th August, 1911, at Toronto. Educated at Kent Public School and High School of Commerce, Toronto. Entered the service of the Bank 6th May, 1929. Served at Toronto city branches and Foreign and Audit Departments, Head Office. Enlisted 3rd August, 1941, from New Toronto in R.C.A. Second Lieutenant in September, 1941; Lieutenant in June, 1943; Captain in 1944. Overseas in May, 1942. Served with 4th Field Regiment, R.C.A. Killed in action in France, 26th August, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
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My name is Cameron Sambourne son of my deceased father Edgar Sambourne best friend of John Alexander Cameron. My father Edgar worked with John (known as Jack) Alexander Cameron at a downtown Toronto bank before John Alexander Cameron went over seas and named me Cameron in honour of Jack being killed in action on Aug 22 1944,
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Captain John Alexander Cameron
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Captain John Alexander Cameron
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Digital gallery of
Captain John Alexander Cameron
Digital gallery of
Captain John Alexander Cameron
Digital gallery of
Captain John Alexander Cameron
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Captain John Alexander Cameron
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 265 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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