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Military service
Service number:
B/75279
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Death:
December 18, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. C. 13.
Additional information
Son of George F. and Florence A. Poste, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Gordon William Poste
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
TO HONOUR THE MEN OF E. & S. CURRIE LTD. WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY, AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO IN SO DOING GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939 - 1945 ROBERT GEOFFREY COOK, R.C.A.C. DAVID EDWIN GILLES, R.C.A.C. ROBERT HENRY, R.C.N. KENNETH GRAHAM LAVERY, R.C.A.F. GORDON POSTE, 48TH H. OF C. THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD. AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD: AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOT THE YEARS CONDEMN. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. LAWRENCE BINYON Memorial plaque # 20060086-001 Canadian War Museum -
Photo of Gordon William Poste
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Photo of GORDON WILLIAM POSTE
Gordon William Poste, Moro River Cemetery -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon William Poste
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon William Poste
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon William Poste
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon William Poste
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon William Poste
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon William Poste
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 204 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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