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Military service
Service number:
H/16547
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
12th Manitoba Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
Division:
18th Armd. Car Regt.
Death:
August 14, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. G. 7.
Additional information
Son of Denis and Elizabeth (née McKeon) Bastable, who were both born in Ireland, immigrated to Canada in 1908. They eventually settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gerald had 6 other siblings; Kathleen, Harold, Jack, Vernon, Eileen and Douglas (who died as a baby). Gerald was very close to his sister Eileen. The only family member still living is Harold Bastable. He lives in St. James (Winnipeg). Sgt Bastable was the husband of Myrtle Bastable, of Aldershot, Hampshire, England.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Gerald Bastable
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Sergeant Gerald Bastable
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Sergeant Gerald Bastable
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 244 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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