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Private JOHN GILSON

Service Number: 141914
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

II. B. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William Francis Gilson, and Martha Gilson, of 523, Albert St., Oshawa, Ontario.
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1951
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