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Military service
Service number:
2007608
Age:
28
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
9th Bn.
Birth:
January 28, 1890
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 3, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. C. 31.
Additional information
Son of Gabriel John and Emma Caswill, of 844, Logan Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Sapper Arthur James Caswill
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Memorial
Private GABRIEL JOHN CASWILL is one of 18 members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. His older brother Sapper ARTHUR JAMES CASWILL, fought in the First World War with the Canadian Engineers. He died on October 3, 1918 and is buried at BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France -
Newspaper Clipping
Private GABRIEL JOHN CASWILL was reported to have been Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 242nd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943. -
Dedicatory Inscription of the Sai Wan Memorial
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
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Unknown Marker
The Sai Wan Memorial is located at the entrance of Sai Wan Cemetery. 1,505 Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War are buried or commemorated at this cemetery, of which 444 of the burials are the remains of unidentified soldiers, including those of 107 Canadian soldiers, most of whom were killed or died of wounds during the defense of Hong Kong, which took place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. This is one such grave marker. There is a possibility that the remains of Private GABRIEL JOHN CASWILL lie beneath this grave marker, or one of the other 106 grave markers in Sai Wan Cemetery that simply read, A SOLDIER OF THE 1939-1945 WAR. A CANADIAN REGIMENT. KNOWN UNTO GOD. The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
Attestation Papers
The brother of Private GABRIEL JOHN CASWILL, Sapper ARTHUR JAMES CASWILL, fought in the First World War with the Canadian Engineers. He died on October 3, 1918 and is buried at BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Attestation Paper Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World -
Attestation Papers
The brother of Private GABRIEL JOHN CASWILL, Sapper ARTHUR JAMES CASWILL, fought in the First World War with the Canadian Engineers. He died on October 3, 1918 and is buried at BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Attestation Paper Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 1003 of 1004.
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur James Caswill
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur James Caswill
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur James Caswill
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur James Caswill
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur James Caswill
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur James Caswill
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur James Caswill
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur James Caswill
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur James Caswill
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 382 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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