John Northcott was born on April 17, 1921, the son of Jack Northcott and Iva Luxton Northcott. John would marry Johanna Northcott, of Sudbury, Ontario. When he enlisted, he recorded his place of residence as Stokes Bay, Ontario and his occupation as a truck driver. He would join the Canadian Army, becoming a member of the Royal Canadian Engineers 11 Field Coy., with the rank of Sapper. On May 2, 1943, John Northcott would lose his life in England due to an accident. John Northcott would later be officially listed as, Overseas casualty, accident, due to being run over by a train, cause of death a fractured cervical spine, England. Twenty-two year old John Northcott is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom, Grave 34.I.10.
SOURCES: A, B, C, D, E, F, J, L, 2C, 2D