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Military service
Service number:
A/87275
Age:
21
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Grenadier Guards, R.C.A.C.
Birth:
February 2, 1923
Windsor, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 22, 1943
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
August 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXIV. F. 1.
Additional information
Son of James and Emily Gates of Windsor, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Trooper George Edward Gates
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Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of George Edward Gates
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Group Photo
Photo of George Edward Gates (right) with his parents and brother Jim on Hall Street in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. From Left to Right: Jimmy Gates (Navy), father James Gates, mother Emily Stratford Gates and George Gates. -
Paying Respects
Robert Nelson "Bobby" Gates at the grave of his older brother George Edward Gates. -
Photo of GEORGE EDWARD GATES
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE EDWARD GATES
George and his wife Harriett. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Other
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Grave marker
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Edward Gates
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Edward Gates
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Edward Gates
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Edward Gates
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Edward Gates
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Edward Gates
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Edward Gates
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Edward Gates
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Edward Gates
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 313 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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