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Military service
Service number:
282932
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
June 4, 1898
Death:
August 10, 1918
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Son of Allen Minard Gates and Mabel W. Gates, of Kemptville, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private Frank Roy Gates
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Frank Roy Gates: 282932 Private, 47th Battalion / British Columbia Regiment / Canadian Infantry Corps, KIA 10 Aug 1918 / Vimy France, Age 21, No Known Grave / Name is inscribed upon the Vimy Memorial, Noted on Page 413 of the Canadian First World Ear Book of Remembrance held in Ottawa -
Photo of Frank Roy Gates
Frank Roy Gates: 282932 Private, 47th Battalion / British Columbia Regiment / Canadian Infantry Corps, KIA 10 Aug 1918 / Vimy France, Age 21, No Known Grave / Name is inscribed upon the Vimy Memorial, Noted on Page 413 of the Canadian First World Ear Book of Remembrance held in Ottawa
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Private Frank Roy Gates
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Roy Gates
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Roy Gates
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Roy Gates
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Commemorated on:
Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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