Military service
Service number:
C/65565
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 10, 1915
Bowmanville, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 6, 1940
Bowmanville, Ontario
Death:
May 26, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIII. F. 9.
Additional information
Son of John Landelles Poolton and Isabella Jobs Poolton, of Bowmanville, Ontario. Husband of Fern Adelaide Poolton, of Bowmanville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Landelles Poolton
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Photo of John Landelles Poolton
In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. Image from their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Bowmanville Canadian Statesman November, 1st 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Street sign
Barrie street named in honour of Private John Landelles Poolton with a poppy. -
Entrance
Entrance - Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice - Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John Landelles Poolton
Digital gallery of
Private John Landelles Poolton
Digital gallery of
Private John Landelles Poolton
Digital gallery of
Private John Landelles Poolton
Digital gallery of
Private John Landelles Poolton
Digital gallery of
Private John Landelles Poolton
Digital gallery of
Private John Landelles Poolton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 419 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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