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Military service
Service number:
V/73004
Age:
29
Rank:
Cook (S)
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.C.S. Discovery
Birth:
June 29, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
October 12, 1943
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
September 23, 1945
New Westminster, British Columbia
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Block 6. Plot 24 Lot 12.
Additional information
Son of Hugh and May Campbell, of New Westminster, British Columbia. Brother of Charles, Angus, John, Muriel and Mrs. Thomas Leeman.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45
Digital gallery of Cook (S) George Rowland Campbell
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Grave Marker
Grave of V-73004 Cook (S) George Rowland Campbell who served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve on the Navy land base H.M.C.S. Discovery. He was born in New Westminster BC on 29 June 1916. He enlisted into the R.C.N.V.R. at Vancouver BC on 7 May 1940 listing his occupation as "Cook" George died on 23 September 1945 at the age of 29 and was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Grave Marker
Closer view of the grave of V-73004 Cook (S) George Rowland Campbell who served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve on the Navy land base H.M.C.S. Discovery. He was born in New Westminster BC on 29 June 1916. He enlisted into the R.C.N.V.R. at Vancouver BC on 7 May 1940 listing his occupation as "Cook" George died on 23 September 1945 at the age of 29 and was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Memorial Cross
Memorial cross in the cemetery where V-73004 Cook (S) George Rowland Campbell who served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve on the Navy land base H.M.C.S. Discovery was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
Digital gallery of
Cook (S) George Rowland Campbell
Digital gallery of
Cook (S) George Rowland Campbell
Digital gallery of
Cook (S) George Rowland Campbell
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Commemorated on:
Page 501 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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