BLAVER, Capt. Collison Alexander

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Royal Rifles of Canada, POW, Hong Kong. He was awarded the Military Cross for “great courage, dash, coolness and leadership” for covering the withdrawal of his heavily outnumbered men attempting to clear the Japanese from Mount Parker. He was taken prisoner and suffered from starvation and beriberi. He was wounded, but returned to Canada to marry, progress to the rank of captain, and start a family before dying of polio in 1955.

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Collison married MEADEN, Jane in 1946 in Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Jane (daughter of MEADEN, James Thomas and MCCABE, Josephine) was born on 19 Aug 1921 in Hamilton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Aug 2000 in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Concord, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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