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Military service
Service number:
109271
Age:
33
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
G.W.V.A. 49.
Additional information
Son of the late John Bernard and Aleta Katrina Collins, of Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Bernard Collins
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
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Post card
Front of silk postcard sent from J.B.Collins -
Post card
WWI silk postcard sent to Miss Whelpdale, 1484 Queen St, Toronto. "From J.B. Collins. Wishing you all the best wishes in the world. Kindest regards to your Mother. Do you still remember me?" - Purchased from an American collector in 2010 -
Photo of JOHN BERNARD COLLINS
Photo of JB Collins -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Bernard Collins
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Bernard Collins
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Bernard Collins
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Bernard Collins
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Bernard Collins
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Bernard Collins
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Bernard Collins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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