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Lieutenant GORDON ALAN COCKBURN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Field Artillery

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PASSCHENDAELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XVI. E. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 19th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William Andrew and Emma Jane Cockburn, of 1, Glencairn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR LOVE OF DUTY AND COUNTRY ONLY SON OF W.A. COCKBURN
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Buried or commemorated at

PASSCHENDAELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2102
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