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Military service
Service number:
E/30503
Age:
31
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 10, 1912
Jacquet River, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
September 17, 1940
Matapédia, Québec
Death:
March 1, 1944
Camp Niigata-Rinko, Japan
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Cdn. Sec. A. B. 13.
Additional information
Son of Hector Guitard and Lucy Asselin, Restigouche County, New Brunswick.
Husband of Mary Eugenie Hickey of Nash Creek, New Brunswick.
Father of Joseph Guitard (1935-1935) and Terrence Gabriel Guitard (1936-2006).
Served in New Brunswick, Newfoundland with W Force, Hong Kong with C Force, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,262 days of service, including 856 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Gabriel Guitard
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Attestation paper
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Document
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Photo of Gabriel Guitar
Image of Gabriel Guitar prior to shipping out to Hong Kong.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Gabriel Guitard
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Gabriel Guitard
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Gabriel Guitard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 324 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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