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Military service
Service number:
B/112360
Age:
22
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Death:
August 10, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. H. 8.
Additional information
Son of Robert Thomas Jones and Florence Beatrice Jones, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John William Jones
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Photo of John William Jones
Rifleman Jones enlisted in the Black Watch (Reserve) in 1942 and transferred to the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in October 1943. After surviving several months of combat, he was KIA at Quesnay Wood north of Falaise. -
Obituary
This obituary of Rifleman Jones was clipped from a Toronto paper in 1944 by Mrs Josie McQuade. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Rifleman Jones' gravemarker at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery was taken by Padre Craig Cameron in June 1997. -
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 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Jones
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Jones
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Jones
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Jones
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Jones
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 348 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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