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Military service
Service number:
B/63852
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. G. 7.
Additional information
Son of Evelyn Sullivan, and stepson of Frederick Thomas, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Gordon Patrick Sullivan
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Photo of Gordon Patrick Sullivan
Lance Corporal Sullivan joined The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 when the 1st Battalion was activated for overseas service. He served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, Sussex, New Brunswick, and in England. Lance Corporal Sullivan was in Support Company and was KIA at Le Mesnil Patry fighting the 12 SS Panzer Division. -
Obituary
This obituary of Lance Corporal Sullivan was obtained in June 1944 from a Toronto paper by Mrs. Josie McQuade. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Lance Corporal Sullivan's gravemarker at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery was taken by Padre Cameron in June 1997. -
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 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
Lance Corporal Gordon Patrick Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Patrick Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Patrick Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Patrick Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Patrick Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Patrick Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Patrick Sullivan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 455 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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