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Military service
Service number:
416515
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
March 22, 1893
Paris, France
Enlistment:
March 1, 1915
Montreal
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Eugène and Reine Collin, of 1397, Rue des Erables, Montreal.
Digital gallery of Private Rene Collin
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 893 of 1384. Body not recovered for burial. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 4 December 1915
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Private Rene Collin
Digital gallery of
Private Rene Collin
Digital gallery of
Private Rene Collin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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