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Private GORDON NEWPORT

Service Number: 436775
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

49th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

V. D. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Wm. and Annie Newport, of Glencoe, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP DEAR SON AND TAKE YOUR REST GOD TOOK YOU HOME HE KNEW BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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