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In memory of:

Fourth Mate John Cossar

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Military service

Age: 37
Rank: Fourth Mate
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: SS Lord Kelvin (London, England) (139123)
Birth: October 20, 1909 Red Island, Plancentia Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death: February 15, 1947 San Juan, Puerto Rico

Burial/memorial information

HALIFAX (CAMP HILL) CEMETERY
Grave reference: Section XX Row F
Additional information
Son of Arthur Cossar and Caroline Kinslow, of Red Island, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. Husband of Gertrude Stella Miles, of Ottor’s Point, Newfoundland. Father of five children, including Raymond Dennis and Samuel Miles Cossar.

He drowned accidentally on 15 February 1947 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 116 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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HALIFAX (CAMP HILL) CEMETERY Nova Scotia, Canada

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