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Victoria Cross Winner Colin Barron was an OPP Officer between War's


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http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadian-s-passchendaele-victoria-cross-to-go-on-sale-a-century-after-it-was-awarded-1.3664311

http://www.cp24.com/news/great-granddaughter-hopes-to-bring-passchendaele-hero-s-victoria-cross-home-1.3666500

I sure wish I had the cash to add this to my OPP Collection.

After the war, Barron tried to join the RCMP, only to be told that he was too short. He became a member of the Ontario Provincial Police instead, before re-enlisting during the Second World War.

 

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