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Military service
Service number:
B/139385
Age:
22
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 28, 1922
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 22, 1943
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
October 3, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 23.
Additional information
Son of Francis and Emma Wristen. Husband of Iris Wristen of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal Gordon Louis Wristen
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Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Group Photo
L - R Pte A C Phillips and Gordon. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Gordon Louis Wristen
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Telegram
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Photo colourized by Harry Winbolt - https://www.facebook.com/AColourfulHistorybyHW/ -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Louis Wristen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Louis Wristen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Louis Wristen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Louis Wristen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Louis Wristen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Louis Wristen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Louis Wristen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Louis Wristen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Louis Wristen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 484 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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