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His full name is Lester Lawrence Sauson. Son of Edward Sauson and Florence Walker, of Shigawake, Québec.
Brother of Sergeant Edward Lewis Sauson, who died while serving with the Royal Rifles of Canada and Corporal Oliver Raymond Sauson, service number E-29902, Royal Rifles of Canada, also prisoner of war in Hong Kong and Japan, and survived the war. There is a commemorative headstone at St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Shigawake, Quebec.
Lester served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Nova Scotia, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,258 days of service, including 796 overseas.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 437 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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