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Military service
Service number:
6522
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
February 25, 1892
Enlistment:
Stratford, Ontario
Death:
September 23, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Collins
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Collins
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Collins
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Collins
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Collins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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