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Military service
Service number:
B/73098
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
April 15, 1915
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 13, 1939
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 8, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. D. 12.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Annie Dochertry. Husband of June Courtney.
Digital gallery of Private John Thomson Docherty
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Headstone of John T. Docherty
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Photo of John Thomson Docherty
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star 1942. Submitted for the Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star 1942. Submitted for the Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson Docherty
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson Docherty
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson Docherty
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson Docherty
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson Docherty
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson Docherty
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson Docherty
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson Docherty
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomson Docherty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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