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Military service
Service number:
300343
Age:
22
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
10th Bty. 3rd Bde.
Birth:
June 2, 1894
Enlistment:
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
September 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late John and Elvena Cockburn, of 539, Albert St., Kingston, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Gunner Robert John Cockburn
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Gunner Robert John Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Gunner Robert John Cockburn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 68 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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