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Military service
Service number:
H/6981
Age:
25
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
April 23, 1919
Crandall, Manitoba
Enlistment:
November 28, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. H. 10.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Annie Gunson of Ericksdale, Manitoba.
Brother of Wilfred Arthur Gunson who died on July 20, 1944 while serving with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Thomas Gunson
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Photo of JOHN THOMAS GUNSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Thomas Gunson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Thomas Gunson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Thomas Gunson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Thomas Gunson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 324 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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