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Military service
Service number:
469294
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
September 7, 1891
Fisherman's Point, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
August 24, 1915
Sussex, New Brunswick
Death:
October 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private John Gunn
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Photo of John Gunn
Private John Gunn is inscribed on the Roll of Honour in the Veterans' Narthex of Memorial United Church, Murray River, PE. He was the son of William Gunn of Fisherman's Point, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of
Private John Gunn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 96 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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