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Son of John Alexander Cameron and Maude Cameron, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Flora Cameron. of Toronto.
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Captain John Alexander Cameron
Cameron, John Alexander - Captain. Born 15th August, 1911, at Toronto. Educated at Kent Public School and High School of Commerce, Toronto. Entered the service of the Bank 6th May, 1929. Served at Toronto city branches and Foreign and Audit Departments, Head Office. Enlisted 3rd August, 1941, from New Toronto in R.C.A. Second Lieutenant in September, 1941; Lieutenant in June, 1943; Captain in 1944. Overseas in May, 1942. Served with 4th Field Regiment, R.C.A. Killed in action in France, 26th August, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
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Captain John Alexander Cameron
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens)
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Captain John Alexander Cameron
From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Captain John Alexander Cameron
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Captain John Alexander Cameron
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Captain John Alexander Cameron
My name is Cameron Sambourne son of my deceased father Edgar Sambourne best friend of John Alexander Cameron.
My father Edgar worked with John (known as Jack) Alexander Cameron at a downtown Toronto bank before John Alexander Cameron went over seas and named me Cameron in honour of Jack being killed in action on Aug 22 1944,
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Cameron, John Alexander - Captain. Born 15th August, 1911, at Toronto. Educated at Kent Public School and High School of Commerce, Toronto. Entered the service of the Bank 6th May, 1929. Served at Toronto city branches and Foreign and Audit Departments, Head Office. Enlisted 3rd August, 1941, from New Toronto in R.C.A. Second Lieutenant in September, 1941; Lieutenant in June, 1943; Captain in 1944. Overseas in May, 1942. Served with 4th Field Regiment, R.C.A. Killed in action in France, 26th August, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
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The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens)
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From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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My name is Cameron Sambourne son of my deceased father Edgar Sambourne best friend of John Alexander Cameron. My father Edgar worked with John (known as Jack) Alexander Cameron at a downtown Toronto bank before John Alexander Cameron went over seas and named me Cameron in honour of Jack being killed in action on Aug 22 1944,
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Page 265 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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