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Sapper JOHN GILLEN

Service Number: 504742
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Engineers

2nd Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 March 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GIVENCHY-EN-GOHELLE CANADIAN CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Bronze Medal for Military Valour (Italy). Son of William John and Charlotte Gillen, of Abbotsford, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

GIVENCHY-EN-GOHELLE CANADIAN CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 154
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