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Military service
Service number:
A/3695
Age:
25
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
May 9, 1918
Clarement, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 29, 1940
London, Ontario
Death:
December 24, 1943
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Mary Martha(nee Symes) Norton. Brother of Corporal Joseph Ernest Norton, Royal Canadian Regiment, who lost his life on 26 July 1943, Ralph, Kenneth, Florence, Cora, Margaret and Verna.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Edward Norton
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of John Edward "Jack" Norton.
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Edward Norton
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Edward Norton
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Edward Norton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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