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Pilot Officer JOHN GILSON

Service Number: J/88963
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

431 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY

IVa. D. 25.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Gilson, of Scott, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE, PERFECT PEACE, WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY
Antwerpen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1591
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