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Military service
Service number:
681492
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
May 8, 1894
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Gilbert Homer Bowen
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Death Registry
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 521 of 934 -
Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Homer Bowen
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Homer Bowen
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Homer Bowen
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Homer Bowen
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Homer Bowen
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Homer Bowen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 372 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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