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In memory of:

Rifleman Peter Gordon Coughlan

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Military service

Service number: E/30230
Age: 26
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: July 21, 1916 Bathurst, New Brunswick
Enlistment: August 15, 1940 Matapédia, Québec
Death: September 28, 1942 Sham Shui Po Camp Hospital, Hong Kong

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: VIII. B. 3.
Additional information
Son of George Coughlan and Sarah Ann Benwell. Husband of Gertrude Gough, of Cornwall Ontario. Father of Gordon Ronald, Francis Albert Roderick and Mary Gloria Coughlan. Brother of Private Randolph F. Coughlan, North Shore Regiment, who fought in Europe and survived the conflict.

Served with the North Shore Regiment from 1938 to 1939 and with the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada in Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland with Force W, Hong Kong with Force C. He had 775 days of service, including 336 overseas.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 66 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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