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Gordon served with the Winnipeg Grenadiers – NPAM – from 1935 to 1936 in Manitoba, then in the reserves from 13 December 1939 to 3 January 1940, when he joined the regular forces to serve in Bermuda with Force B, in Jamaica with Force Y, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 2,094 days of service, including 1,318 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Government of Manitoba named Bell Peninsula, on Lake Semmens, in his honour in 1995.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 495 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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