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Archibald MacGowan

In memory of:

Private Archibald MacGowan

January 27, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

1013419

Age:

43

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Forestry Corps

Division:

28th Coy.

Additional Information


Born:

December 25, 1874

Son of William and Kate Macgowan, of Campbeltown, Scotland; husband of Elizabeth Neilson Macgowan, of 256, Cumberland St., South Side, Glasgow, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 458 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHAMPAGNOLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Jura, France

Grave Reference:

A. 16.

Location:

Champagnole is a town in the Department of Jura, 30 kilometres north-east of Lons-le-Saunier on the D471. The Communal Cemetery is located in the north-east of the town near the railway station. The 20 war graves are in 8 separate plots with chippings and will be found immediately to the left of the cemetery entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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