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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin & Halton Regt), R.C.I.C.
Division:
in Despatches. 3rd Defence and Employment Platoon
Death:
September 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
7. E. 4.
Additional information
Son of Maj. Norman L. Stewart, E.D. and Dorothy E. Stewart, of Brampton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Donald Leslie Stewart
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Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of John D. L. Stewart
Lieutenant John D. L. Stewart was Killed In Action by a sniper at Boulogne, France while serving with his platoon of Lorne Scot riflemen in Alpha Company ( 7 Platoon) of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. -
Gravemarker of John Stewart
This photo of Lieutenant Stewart's grave at Calais Cemetery was taken by Craig Cameron, the Padre of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, while visiting France in June 1997. -
Newspaper Clipping
This obituary of Lieut Stewart was obtained from a microfilm copy of a 1944 Toronto newspaper. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant John Donald Leslie Stewart
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Lieutenant John Donald Leslie Stewart
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Donald Leslie Stewart
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Donald Leslie Stewart
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Donald Leslie Stewart
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 453 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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