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Rifleman GORDON WALTER PARSON

Service Number: B/126697
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XII. E. 4.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Clara Parson, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Josephine A. Parson, of Toronto.
  • Personal Inscription A FAITHFUL HUSBAND ONE OF THE BEST MAY GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Overijssel Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1394
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