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James Laidlaw Gowanlock

In memory of:

Private James Laidlaw Gowanlock

August 24, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

643883

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Division:

116th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 22, 1888

Son of Andrew and Elizabeth Gowanlock.

Brother of Private Robert George Gowanlock who died on August 18, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).

Commemorated on Page 245 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. L. 13.

Location:

Aix-Noulette is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 13 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. From Arras take the D937 towards Bethune. At Aix-Noulette, turn right at the church. The AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION are a few hundred metres on the left side of the road to Bully-Grenay.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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