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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
4th Reserve Battalion
Birth:
October 8, 1891
Maxwell, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 11, 1916
Parry Sound, Ontario
Death:
May 15, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 43
Additional information
Son of Joseph Allison, of Maxwell, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Cross
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Oliver Allison
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Roll of Honour
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of John Allison
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of John Allison
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial Plaque
Plaque in memory of Lt. John Oliver Allison MC. Located in the Eugenia Falls Conservation Area, Village of Eugenia, Ontario Canada. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto was built in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Carved on the Memorial Screen are the names of those lost in that struggle. Photo: K. Parks. -
Photo of John Allison
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Flesherton Advance. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Flesherton Advance. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Flesherton Advance. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Oliver Allison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Oliver Allison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Oliver Allison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Oliver Allison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Oliver Allison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Oliver Allison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Oliver Allison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Oliver Allison
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Oliver Allison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 358 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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