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Military service
Service number:
B/51531
Age:
28
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 14, 1915
Lowville, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 8, 1939
Brampton, Ontario
Death:
July 25, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. G. 15.
Additional information
Son of George and the late Florence May Collis of Milton, Ontario. Brother of Irene, George, Leslie. Husband of Dorothy Ruby and father of Joan Yvonne and John Neil Collis of Bradford, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Albert Collis
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Grave marker
Tombstone, June 23019 -
Biography
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Cemetery
Cremated remains of Sgt. Collis in procession to join family for interment. July 7, 2019 at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War cemetery -
Cemetery
Marker of Sgt. Collis, post interment ceremony at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery. July 7 2019. -
Photo of John Albert Collis
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Albert Collis
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Albert Collis
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Albert Collis
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Document
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Albert Collis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Albert Collis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Albert Collis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Albert Collis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Albert Collis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Albert Collis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Albert Collis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Albert Collis
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Albert Collis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 277 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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