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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
138579
Age:
21
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
March 1, 1897
Lancashire, England
Enlistment:
July 15, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 2, 1918
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Susan Gaw, of Moore Park, Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, Supplement to the London Gazette dated 11 February 1919. British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Sergeant Adam Gaw
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Inscription
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) -
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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Sergeant Adam Gaw
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Adam Gaw
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Adam Gaw
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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