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Military service
Service number:
602887
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
December 24, 1887
Death:
August 18, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Andrew and Elizabeth Gowanlock.
Brother of Private James Laidlaw Gowanlock who died on August 24, 1917 while serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Digital gallery of Private Robert George Gowanlock
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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) -
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) -
Photo of Robert Gowanlock
Newspaper photo -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Robert George Gowanlock
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Robert George Gowanlock
Digital gallery of
Private Robert George Gowanlock
Digital gallery of
Private Robert George Gowanlock
Digital gallery of
Private Robert George Gowanlock
Digital gallery of
Private Robert George Gowanlock
Digital gallery of
Private Robert George Gowanlock
Digital gallery of
Private Robert George Gowanlock
Digital gallery of
Private Robert George Gowanlock
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 245 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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