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Gordon Burleigh Carling

In memory of:

Captain Gordon Burleigh Carling

June 18, 1918

Military Service


Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Service Corps

Additional Information


Son of Fred W. and Eva C. Carling of Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Annie C. Carling, of New Westminster, British Columbia. Brother of Lieutenant John Burleigh Carling, who died on May 5, 1918, while serving with the Royal Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 381 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. 53. I. 7-8.

Location:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery. The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Honour roll– In memory of the Ashbury College alumni and staff who gave their lives in Word War I, World War II and the Korean War. Plaque erected in the Ashbury College Chapel, 362 Mariposa Avenue, Ottawa
  • Biography– Biography, Ashburian, Ashbury College yearbook,
  • Grave marker
  • Grave marker
  • Family Marker
  • Newspaper article
  • Newspaper clipping

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