Person:Gordon Collins (4)
Gordon Kitchener Collins
b.11 SEP 1916 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
d.18 FEB 1985 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
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m. 30 JUN 1904
  1. Stanley Weightman Collins
  2. Charles Henry Collins
  3. Winnifred Vera Collins
  4. Gordon Kitchener Collins
  5. Russell Thomas Frederick Collins
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m. 16 FEB 1946
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Facts and Events
Name[2][3] Gordon Kitchener Collins
Gender Male
Birth[3] 11 SEP 1916 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Marriage 16 FEB 1946 Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canadato Olive Dorthy Muriel Cheney
Census[1] 1926 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Retirement[3] 31 DEC 1961 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
Death[2][3] 18 FEB 1985 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

Reg. No. 13231, ex-Cpl. Gordon Kitchener Collins, 68, died on February 18, 1985, at Toronto, Ont. He was born on September 11, 1916, at Winnipeg, Man., and joined the RCMP on November 3, 1939, in the same city. Following recruit training at Depot and "N" Divisions, he was posted to Halifax HQ, "H" Division. He performed general detachment duties at Halifax for the next two years until October 12, 1942, when he was transferred to Cornwall, "A" Division. He served briefly to Cornwall and Ottawa, "A" Division, and Toronto, "O" Division. On September 1, 1943, we was transferred to Sudbury, "O" Division. He performed general detachment duties there until November 30, 1950, when he was transferred to Manitowaning Detachment also in "O" Division. Two years later, he was promoted to corporal and to NCO i/c Ohsweken, "O" Division. He also served as a C.I.B. reader, Toronto, "O" Division before retiring from the Force on December 31, 1961.

Above text was taken from Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and notices, 1876-2007 - The quarterly magazine obituaries, 1980-2005, v. 45-70. Vol. 50, No. 3, Summer 1985 - Page 89.

References
  1. ↑ Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926.

    "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5G-4PKV : 9 December 2019), Gordon K Collins in household of Henry Collins, St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; citing Census, St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and notices, 1876-2007
    RCMP obituary card index, 1876-2007, Abbott - Jacobs
    Page 1283.
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21994-5294-40?cc=1425003&wc=12503012#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fcollection%2F1425003%2Fwaypoints
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and notices, 1876-2007
    The quarterly magazine obituaries, 1980-2005, v. 45-70.
    Vol. 50, No. 3, Summer 1985 - Page 89.
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21994-5294-40?cc=1425003&wc=12503012#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fcollection%2F1425003%2Fwaypoints
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