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Military service
Service number:
R/70612
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
77 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
August 10, 1919
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
August 23, 1940
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
October 13, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 12-21.
Additional information
Son of Jacob and Etty Alterson, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
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John Alterson is honoured on page 6 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
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Sergeant John Alterson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Sergeant John Alterson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Sergeant John Alterson as commemorated on the RCAF Memorial Wall, Brandon, MB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens June 2023 -
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A portion of the RCAF Memorial Wall, Brandon, MB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens June 2023
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Alterson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Alterson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Alterson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Alterson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Alterson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Alterson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Alterson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Alterson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 22 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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