BLAVER, Capt. Collison Alexander

1914 - 1951  (36 years)

• Name	BLAVER, Collison Alexander
  Prefix	Capt.
  Nickname	Colin
  Birth	8 Nov 1914	Canada
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 139640881
  _COLOR	11
  Death	2 Oct 1951	Windsor, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: of polio
  Burial	Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Park Lawn Cemetery
  Person ID	I32582	Puffers
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2022

  
  

  Family	MEADEN, Jane,   b. 19 Aug 1921, Hamilton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Aug 2000, Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1946	Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F11287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 03 Oct 1951, Page 9. [S558] Obituary.