In memory of

Private

Roy Walter Coffin

who died on 16 Apr 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
  Rank Private
  Service number B44963
  Date of death 19450416
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  B44963 Private (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Roy Walter Coffin (b.1922) of Nokomis was KIA 19450416 during the liberation of the Netherlands and is buried at Holten Canadian war cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands. He was the son of Chester Daniel Coffin who farmed about half way between Nokomis and Simpson and moved to New Westminster, British Columbia, before the war. Roy was born at Nokomis and was raised by his step-mother Mildred Jane after the death of his mother. He farmed in the Nokomis area and worked at Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, for six months before enlisting at Toronto late in 1942.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 280 - Wreford
  Cemetery or memorial location Holten Canadian war cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Coffin Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.8333°N / 106.6°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73O15
  Geo-memorial details North of Pinehouse.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220511
  Place of birth Nokomis    
  Date of enlistment 19421109
  Place of enlistment Toronto, Ontario    
  Residence on enlistment Nokomis    
  Occupation labourer
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