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Harry Lewis Gill

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class I Harry Lewis Gill

January 17, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/64935

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

607 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Medal

Additional Information


Born:

May 9, 1922
South Devon, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

August 22, 1940
Moncton, New Brunswick

Son of Herbert Spencer Gill and Mabel Gill, of Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick.

Grandson of Lance Serjeant George Reeve Leverington, who died on August 11, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).

Mrs. Gill was a member of the Remembrance Association, Silver Cross Women of Canada, Wheat City Chapter, Brandon, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 163 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

4. C. 2.

Location:

Maynamati is some 7 kilometres from the centre of Comilla, which is on the railway line linking Dhaka to Chittagong. It can be reached by train to Comilla railway station, 9 kilometres from the MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY, or by the Dhaka -Chittagong highway. The cemetery is 1 kilometre down the road leading from Comilla to Sylinet and a short distance past the Cantonment Military Hospital. There is a C.W.G.C. road direction sign on a roundabout at the crossroad.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Harry Lewis Gill– Flight Sergeant Harry Lewis Gill - March 1942
  • Photo of Harry Lewis Gill– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Harry Gill's mother Mabel– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Harry L Gill Newspaper Article from Thelma Crewdson Scrapbook
  • Frederiction War Memorial
  • Inscription

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