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Military service
Service number:
J/21864
Age:
28
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
September 19, 1915
Bowmanville, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 9, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
March 16, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 245.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Annie Josephine Colville (1966 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Bowmanville, Ontario.
Brother of Flying Officer John Spencer Colville and Flight Sergeant William Colville, both died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville
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Newspaper Clipping
Provided by John Stephens -
Photo of Alexander Colborne Colville
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of ALEXANDER COLBORNE COLVILLE
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Alexander Colborne Colville is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Alexander Colborne Colville is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Bowmanville Canadian Statesman November, 1st 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 277 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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