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Military service
Service number:
730475
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
May 29, 1897
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 17.
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Gibson
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Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Circumstances of death registers
"Killed in Action" Whilst taking part in an attack on Marcelcave in the vicinity of Demuin, he was instantly killed by an enemy machine gun bullet.Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Gibson
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Gibson
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Gibson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 414 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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