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Military service
Service number:
26199
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
May 3, 1887
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
May 19, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Jean-Baptiste and Rose-Anna Gilbert (née Aubé). He married Alberta Roch on May 25, 1908 at the Nativity parish in Montreal.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Private John Oliver Gilbert
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Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 13 July 1915
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Private John Oliver Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Private John Oliver Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Private John Oliver Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Private John Oliver Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Private John Oliver Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Private John Oliver Gilbert
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 16 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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