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Capt Colin Joseph Sonoski

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Capt Colin Joseph Sonoski Veteran

Birth
Death
17 Jul 2002 (aged 39)
Burial
Mississauga, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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Recipient of Canadian Forces Decoration (CD), Sacrifice Medal (posthumous)

A60009559
Captain
444 Combat Support Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force

Commemorated on Page 214 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014)
Book of Remembrance.

Capt Sonoski was tragically killed along with Capt Juli-Ann MacKenzie, when their CH-146 Griffon helicopter crashed during a search and rescue mission near Goose Bay, NL.

Aged 39, he was from Etobicoke, Ontario. He enlisted on August 29, 1988 following in the footsteps of his father, a wireless air gunner in WWII. Capt Sonoski had been posted in Goose Bay for about a year. He was an active member of the Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club.

The son of Frank and Francis Sonoski, Colin leaves behind his wife Sharon Singleton and their two children Jenna and Liam, a brother and three sisters, along with other relatives, colleagues and friends.

Funeral was held July 24, 2002 at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Milton, ON.

*Thanks to plaistow786 for the grave photo
Recipient of Canadian Forces Decoration (CD), Sacrifice Medal (posthumous)

A60009559
Captain
444 Combat Support Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force

Commemorated on Page 214 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014)
Book of Remembrance.

Capt Sonoski was tragically killed along with Capt Juli-Ann MacKenzie, when their CH-146 Griffon helicopter crashed during a search and rescue mission near Goose Bay, NL.

Aged 39, he was from Etobicoke, Ontario. He enlisted on August 29, 1988 following in the footsteps of his father, a wireless air gunner in WWII. Capt Sonoski had been posted in Goose Bay for about a year. He was an active member of the Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club.

The son of Frank and Francis Sonoski, Colin leaves behind his wife Sharon Singleton and their two children Jenna and Liam, a brother and three sisters, along with other relatives, colleagues and friends.

Funeral was held July 24, 2002 at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Milton, ON.

*Thanks to plaistow786 for the grave photo


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  • Created by: Milou
  • Added: Sep 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58318249/colin_joseph-sonoski: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Colin Joseph Sonoski (14 Mar 1963–17 Jul 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58318249, citing Springcreek Cemetery, Mississauga, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Milou (contributor 46858724).