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Military service
Service number:
2655
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
Harbour Grace
Death:
October 24, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Newfoundland Plot. 4.
Additional information
Born at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. Son of George and Mary Ann Gill, of Lisbon Falls, Maine, U.S.A. He was recuited on 1 May 1916 stating he was single and employed as a tanner. Embarked St John's, Newfoundland on 19 July 1916 and joined the 2nd Battalion on 17 January 1917. His headstone inscription reads... He died for His King and His Country.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 47 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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