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Military service
Service number:
D/26890
Age:
30
Rank:
Signalman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Death:
May 10, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. A. 11.
Additional information
Son of Sam and Gertie Gaskin of Montreal, Quebec. Husband of Mary Gaskin, of Montreal.
Brother of Private Donald Gaskin, who died while serving with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.
Digital gallery of Signalman Jack Hyman Gaskin
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Jack Gaskin is honoured on page 27 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Signalman Jack Hyman Gaskin
Digital gallery of
Signalman Jack Hyman Gaskin
Digital gallery of
Signalman Jack Hyman Gaskin
Digital gallery of
Signalman Jack Hyman Gaskin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 517 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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