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Military service
Service number:
C/103118
Age:
24
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 16, 1919
Cornwall, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 18, 1943
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. D. 2.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Eva Atchison, of Cornwall, Ontario. Husband of Anita Atchison, of Cornwall, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & Clasp
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Wallace Atchison
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Grave marker
This photo of Rfn Atchison's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C in June 1997. -
Beny Sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freeholder newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freeholder newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Wallace Atchison
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Wallace Atchison
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Wallace Atchison
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Wallace Atchison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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