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Military service
Service number:
B/87242
Age:
20
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Birth:
May 10, 1925
Death:
September 5, 1945
Barrie, Ontario
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 2. Block H.
Additional information
Son of William C. Lester and Pearl Lester, of Collingwood, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Trooper Kenneth Simpson Lester
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Grave marker
Trooper Kenneth S. Lester's grave marker in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 8029 Poplar Sideroad, Collingwood, Ontario. A personal message at the bottom of the stone reads, "UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE." (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 534 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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COLLINGWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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