Military service
Service number:
B/67318
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 25, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 20, 1939
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
K. 1.
Additional information
Son of John and Susan Mason, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Violet Vera Mason, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Allister Mason
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Photo of John Allister Mason
John Allister Mason visiting maternal relatives in Scotland while on leave, 1941 -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN ALLISTER MASON
Entrance - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOHN ALLISTER MASON
Stone of Remembrance - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of JOHN ALLISTER MASON
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOHN ALLISTER MASON
Grave marker - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Digital gallery of
Private John Allister Mason
Digital gallery of
Private John Allister Mason
Digital gallery of
Private John Allister Mason
Digital gallery of
Private John Allister Mason
Digital gallery of
Private John Allister Mason
Digital gallery of
Private John Allister Mason
Digital gallery of
Private John Allister Mason
Digital gallery of
Private John Allister Mason
Digital gallery of
Private John Allister Mason
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 94 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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