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Military service
Service number:
B/59127
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 23, 1920
Manitoulin, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 25, 1941
Sudbury, Ontario
Death:
September 28, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I.E.21.
Additional information
Son of Louis and Bridget Gaiashk, of Kaboni, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Alphonse Frank Gaiashk
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Photo of Alphonse Frank Gaiashk
This photo of Pte Gaiaishk appeared in a special commemorative issue of the The Manitoulin (Island) Expositor in 1994. -
Obituary
This obituary of Pte Gaiashk appeared in the same 1994 special edition of The Manitoulin Expositor as the photo in this collection. -
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
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Frank Gaiashk
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Frank Gaiashk
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Frank Gaiashk
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Frank Gaiashk
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Frank Gaiashk
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Frank Gaiashk
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 311 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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