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Military service
Service number:
B/64089
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 14.
Additional information
Son of George A. and Cora Martin, and brother of Helen and Mary Martin, of Pickering, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Gordon Martin
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Grave Marker
I was looking for a grave of any man near my hometown of Whitby, Ontario. I came across J.G. Gordon from Pickering and placed some wild poppies on his headstone. -
Newspaper Clippling
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of John Gordon Martin
Rifleman Martin enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 and served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. Martin was in Baker Company of the Regiment and killed on the beach at Bernières-sur-mer on D-Day. -
Grave Marker
Captain Craig Cameron took this photo of Rifleman Martin's gravemarker during a visit to Normandy in June 1997. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Photo of John Gordon Martin
In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. Image from their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Gordon Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Gordon Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Gordon Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Gordon Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Gordon Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Gordon Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Gordon Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Gordon Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Gordon Martin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 379 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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