Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Peter Adrian Schollen
In memory of:
Warrant Officer Class II Peter Adrian Schollen
September 21, 1947
Military Service
K/92372
56
Army
Veterans Guard of Canada
Netherlands War Service Cross, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, War Medal.
Additional Information
Born 30 July 1885 in Tilburg, Holland. Son of the late John C. and Anna Maria Schollen of Long Beach, California, U.S.A. Brother of Mr. J. C. Schollen of Vancouver, British Columbia, Mrs. G. Godden and Mrs. T.J. Dietrick both of San Pedro, California. Father of Peter Cornelius, Frank, and Wilhelminia. Warrant Officer II Schollen enlisted in Cranbrook, British Columbia on 28 June 1940. He left after a months`s service to service with the Canadian Dutch Legion, who fought in the East Indies. Returning to Canada in 1942 and being remustered into the Canadian Army, where he served as interpreter with the Veterans Guard at Lethbridge and Medicine Hat Prisoner-of-War Camps. He spoke English, French, German and Dutch fluently.
Commemorated on Page 598 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY
British Columbia, Canada
Block 7. Plot 5. Lot 7.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Letter – Copy of Authorization for Wearing the Netherlands War Service Cross, dated 6 March 1945 at Montreal, Quebec -
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Newspaper clipping – The Calgary Daily Herald, 27 November 1917 -
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Newspaper clipping – The Calgary Daily Herald November 27, 1917
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