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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 10, 1910
Haydon, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 30, 1939
Lindsay, Ontario
Death:
September 29, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 28.
Additional information
Captain Cowling is also commemorated on the Masonic War Memorial in Malden Park, Windsor, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Captain Gordon Oscar Cowling
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Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of David Archer
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Photo of David Archer
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Other
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Photo of David Archer
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Gordon Oscar Cowling
Digital gallery of
Captain Gordon Oscar Cowling
Digital gallery of
Captain Gordon Oscar Cowling
Digital gallery of
Captain Gordon Oscar Cowling
Digital gallery of
Captain Gordon Oscar Cowling
Digital gallery of
Captain Gordon Oscar Cowling
Digital gallery of
Captain Gordon Oscar Cowling
Digital gallery of
Captain Gordon Oscar Cowling
Digital gallery of
Captain Gordon Oscar Cowling
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 281 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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