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Arnold Irwin Gilson

In memory of:

Flying Officer Arnold Irwin Gilson

February 16, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/12698

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

No 1 Operational Training Unit (1 OTU RCAF)

Additional Information

Born:

August 3, 1920
Iroquois, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 12, 1940
Kingston, Ontario

Son of Milton Henry and Edith Maude Gilson, of Iroquois, Ontario.

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:

IROQUOIS UNITED CHURCH CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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