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Military service
Service number:
C/255
Age:
21
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
6 Field Regt.
Birth:
June 5, 1920
Smiths Falls, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 30, 1940
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
October 7, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
30. J. 5.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Olive Saunders of Smiths Falls, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner John James Saunders
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Photo of John James Saunders
John James was known as Jack. He is from Smiths Falls, Ontario, and was one of 14 children of Olive and Thomas Saunders. He is the second one on the right, in this photo. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of JOHN JAMES SAUNDERS
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Digital gallery of
Gunner John James Saunders
Digital gallery of
Gunner John James Saunders
Digital gallery of
Gunner John James Saunders
Digital gallery of
Gunner John James Saunders
Digital gallery of
Gunner John James Saunders
Digital gallery of
Gunner John James Saunders
Digital gallery of
Gunner John James Saunders
Digital gallery of
Gunner John James Saunders
Digital gallery of
Gunner John James Saunders
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 43 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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