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Military service
Service number:
712518
Age:
19
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
105th Bn.
Birth:
January 29, 1897
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
March 9, 1916
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Death:
April 23, 1916
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
L. I.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Margaret Gillis, of Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Daniel Victor Gillis
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Cemetery
Stephanie Thompson and John S. Brehaut took these photos as part of a project of taking photos of Island gravemarkers in July of 2006. -
Gravemarker
Stephanie Thompson and John S. Brehaut took these photos as part of a project of taking photos of Island gravemarkers in July of 2006. -
Group Photo
The St. Eleanor’s Brownies have adopted a First World War Veteran’s grave in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Each week, from September 2008 until June 2009, a Brownie is assigned to visit Daniel Victor Gillis’s grave, clean it, and remove any litter. <P> Photo courtesy of 1st St. Eleanor's Brownies. -
Group Photo
The girls helped lay poppy flags for Remembrance Day and were thrilled to be able to personally lay a flag at Daniel’s grave.<P> Photo courtesy of 1st St. Eleanor's Brownies.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Daniel Victor Gillis
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Daniel Victor Gillis
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Daniel Victor Gillis
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Daniel Victor Gillis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 91 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SUMMERSIDE (ST. PAUL'S) CEMETERY Prince Edward Island, Canada
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