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Military service
Service number:
634060
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Battalion
Birth:
April 28, 1897
Cornwall, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 17, 1916
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Donald Gillies of Cornwall, Ontario. He enlisted with the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force.
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Attestation Paper (front)
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Attestation Paper (back)
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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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Bruce Anthony Gillies
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Private Bruce Anthony Gillies
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Private Bruce Anthony Gillies
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Private Bruce Anthony Gillies
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Private Bruce Anthony Gillies
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 243 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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