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Military service
Service number:
706088
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
June 15, 1897
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Edwin and Mary Ellen Guns, of Duncan, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Edwin Guns
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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) -
Memorial
St Andrews Anglican, Cowichan Station, BC -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of August 29, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y225uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Daily Colonist of August 31, 1917. Note that the last name is spelt incorrectly on the photograph label in the newspaper. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y227uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Edwin Guns
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Edwin Guns
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Edwin Guns
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Edwin Guns
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Edwin Guns
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Edwin Guns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 248 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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