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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Governor General's Horse Guards, R.C.A.C.
Division:
3rd Armd. Recce. Regt.
Death:
May 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. E. 7.
Additional information
Son of George Farar Gibsone and Alyne Breakey Gibsone, of Quebec City. Québec. Brother of Barbara and Elizabeth.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone
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Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice - Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Entrance
Entrance - Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of George Derek Gibsone
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone Courtesy McGill University Archives -
Press Clipping
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone tribute Montreal Star June 13 1944 Courtesy McGill University Archives -
Press Clipping
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone tribute Montreal Gazette June 9 1944 Courtesy McGill University Archives -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Derek Gibsone
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 315 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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