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Military service
Service number:
H/6982
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
November 25, 1921
Crandall, Manitoba
Enlistment:
November 28, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. H. 13.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Annie Gunson of Ericksdale, Manitoba.
Brother of John Thomas Gunson who was killed in action on June 6, 1944 while serving with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
Digital gallery of Private Wilfred Arthur Gunson
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Photo of WILFRED ARTHUR GUNSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & 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
Private Wilfred Arthur Gunson
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Arthur Gunson
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Arthur Gunson
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Arthur Gunson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 324 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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