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Military service
Service number:
B/64954
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
October 27, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 9.
Additional information
Son of William Allfred and Emily Coles, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Norman John Coles
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Photo of Norman John Coles
Rifleman Coles enlisted in the 2nd (Res) Battalion of The Queen's Own Rifles in 1942. He was killed during the occupation of the town of Oostburg in the Scheldt region of Holland. -
Obituary
This obituary of Rifleman Coles was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs Josie McQuade. -
Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Norman John Coles
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Norman John Coles
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Norman John Coles
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Norman John Coles
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Norman John Coles
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Norman John Coles
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 276 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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