Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Emerson Waldo Gates
In memory of:
Private Emerson Waldo Gates
August 10, 1918
Amiens, France
Military Service
283138
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
85th Battalion
Additional Information
January 5, 1896
Port Williams, Nova Scotia
March 18, 1916
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Son of Silas L. and Mary E. Gates, of Port Williams, King's Co., Nova Scotia. Private Gates enlisted with the 219th Battalion and trained at Aldershot. He sailed for England in October 1917 and spent two months trining at Bramshott, England. He arrived in France on December 16, 1917 and was transferred to the 85th Battalion. He fought for nine months in France. On August 10, 1918, two days after the Canadians launched their successful offensive near Amiens. Private Bates was doing scout" work when shot by a sniper. His parents would not learn of his death until after Labour Day, 1918.
His brother, Justin Gates named his son, Gerald Waldo. Sergeant Gerald Waldo Gates (R/65223) was an RCAF pilot who lost his life on September 12, 1941.
Commemorated on Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LIHONS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Somme, France
425
Lihons is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme on the road from Amiens to Nesle. The LIHONS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY is on the north side of this road and on the west side of the Bois Crepey.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Halifax Evening Mail September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Emerson Waldo Gates – Emerson Waldo GatesEnlisted March 24, 1916, killed August 10, 1918. -
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Photo 3 of Emerson Waldo Gates
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