buried in Holten Holland.
Military Service Details:
Service Number:B/58490
Age:24
Force:Army
Unit:The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Son of Albert Edward and Emmie Collins, of Dobbinton, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 505 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Link to: L/Cpl Maurice Collins in Holland.
Holten
Zwartewaterland Municipality
Overijssel, Netherlands
Plot: I. A. 2.
Additional Information:
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance
/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2227068
COLLINS, Maurice Willis
Maurice was born on November 19, 1920 in Sullivan Township. Maurice enlisted in the Canadian Army on February 18, 1942 in Owen Sound with his brother Erle.
Maurice trained in Toronto, Brantford, Brampton, Halifax, Dartmouth, Windsor and Aldershot, Nova Scotia with the Ordnance Corps. Maurice landed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 1944 and France on August 12, 1944. He joined the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada in France on August 15, 1944.
Maurice was wounded on September 15, 1944 and rejoined his unit on September 27, 1944. He served in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands during World War II and was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp. Acting Corporal Maurice was killed in action on April 8, 1945 in the Netherlands. He was first buried in a backyard behind a farmhouse and later his remains were buried in Holten Canadian Military Cemetery in Holten, Netherlands.
Military Service Details:
Service Number:B/58490
Age:24
Force:Army
Unit:The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Son of Albert Edward and Emmie Collins, of Dobbinton, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 505 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Link to: L/Cpl Maurice Collins in Holland.
Holten
Zwartewaterland Municipality
Overijssel, Netherlands
Plot: I. A. 2.
Additional Information:
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance
/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2227068
COLLINS, Maurice Willis
Maurice was born on November 19, 1920 in Sullivan Township. Maurice enlisted in the Canadian Army on February 18, 1942 in Owen Sound with his brother Erle.
Maurice trained in Toronto, Brantford, Brampton, Halifax, Dartmouth, Windsor and Aldershot, Nova Scotia with the Ordnance Corps. Maurice landed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 1944 and France on August 12, 1944. He joined the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada in France on August 15, 1944.
Maurice was wounded on September 15, 1944 and rejoined his unit on September 27, 1944. He served in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands during World War II and was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp. Acting Corporal Maurice was killed in action on April 8, 1945 in the Netherlands. He was first buried in a backyard behind a farmhouse and later his remains were buried in Holten Canadian Military Cemetery in Holten, Netherlands.
buried in Holten Holland.
Military Service Details:
Service Number:B/58490
Age:24
Force:Army
Unit:The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Son of Albert Edward and Emmie Collins, of Dobbinton, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 505 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Link to: L/Cpl Maurice Collins in Holland.
Holten
Zwartewaterland Municipality
Overijssel, Netherlands
Plot: I. A. 2.
Additional Information:
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance
/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2227068
COLLINS, Maurice Willis
Maurice was born on November 19, 1920 in Sullivan Township. Maurice enlisted in the Canadian Army on February 18, 1942 in Owen Sound with his brother Erle.
Maurice trained in Toronto, Brantford, Brampton, Halifax, Dartmouth, Windsor and Aldershot, Nova Scotia with the Ordnance Corps. Maurice landed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 1944 and France on August 12, 1944. He joined the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada in France on August 15, 1944.
Maurice was wounded on September 15, 1944 and rejoined his unit on September 27, 1944. He served in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands during World War II and was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp. Acting Corporal Maurice was killed in action on April 8, 1945 in the Netherlands. He was first buried in a backyard behind a farmhouse and later his remains were buried in Holten Canadian Military Cemetery in Holten, Netherlands.
Military Service Details:
Service Number:B/58490
Age:24
Force:Army
Unit:The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Son of Albert Edward and Emmie Collins, of Dobbinton, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 505 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Link to: L/Cpl Maurice Collins in Holland.
Holten
Zwartewaterland Municipality
Overijssel, Netherlands
Plot: I. A. 2.
Additional Information:
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance
/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2227068
COLLINS, Maurice Willis
Maurice was born on November 19, 1920 in Sullivan Township. Maurice enlisted in the Canadian Army on February 18, 1942 in Owen Sound with his brother Erle.
Maurice trained in Toronto, Brantford, Brampton, Halifax, Dartmouth, Windsor and Aldershot, Nova Scotia with the Ordnance Corps. Maurice landed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 1944 and France on August 12, 1944. He joined the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada in France on August 15, 1944.
Maurice was wounded on September 15, 1944 and rejoined his unit on September 27, 1944. He served in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands during World War II and was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp. Acting Corporal Maurice was killed in action on April 8, 1945 in the Netherlands. He was first buried in a backyard behind a farmhouse and later his remains were buried in Holten Canadian Military Cemetery in Holten, Netherlands.
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Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
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B/58490
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