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Military service
Service number:
B/127617
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Westminster Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
Division:
C Company (Motor)
Birth:
May 7, 1921
Brantford, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 1, 1942
Prince George, British Columbia
Death:
September 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII, G, 4.
Additional information
Son of John Bialas and of Kathleen Bialas (nee Serdersky), of Brantford, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private John Joseph Bialas
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Photo of John Joseph Bialas
Enlisted in May 1942, Pte. Bialas trained in Brantford, Ottawa and Prince George where he joined the Cameron Highlanders. Transferred to the Westminser Regiment killed in action in Italy on September 24, 1944. -
Album Cover
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Biography
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Joseph Bialas
Digital gallery of
Private John Joseph Bialas
Digital gallery of
Private John Joseph Bialas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 249 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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