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Rifleman ERNEST NELSON GILBANK

Service Number: B/143684
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Regina Rifle Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1944

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XXIV. B. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and May Victoria Gilbank, of Owen Sound, Ontario; husband of Roberta Gilbank, of Owen Sound.
  • Personal Inscription "BECAUSE HE LIVES WE TOO SHALL LIVE"

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Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2960
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