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Military service
Service number:
D/81192
Age:
28
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Birth:
June 13, 1916
Verdun, Québec
Enlistment:
September 9, 1939
Montreal, Québec
Death:
July 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. G. 9.
Additional information
Son of John Arthur and Alice (nee Hothersall) Collister, of Strathmore, Quebec; brother of Edward, Richard, Robert, Gerard, Alice and Rita. Husband of Nora Muriel (nee Walsh) Collister of Valois, Quebec.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Harris Collister
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Harris Collister
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Harris Collister
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 277 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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