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Military service
Service number:
B/113236
Age:
20
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 25, 1924
Mimico, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 18, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 2, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 19.
Additional information
Son of Arthur and Lillian Birch. Husband of Antonia Birch, of Toronto, ON.
Digital gallery of Corporal Gordon Thomas Birch
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Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4a … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Thomas Birch
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Thomas Birch
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Thomas Birch
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Thomas Birch
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Thomas Birch
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Thomas Birch
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Thomas Birch
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Thomas Birch
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Thomas Birch
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 250 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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