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Gordon Coburn

In memory of:

Private Gordon Coburn

September 25, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

602494

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

85th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Coburn.

Commemorated on Page 386 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FAUBOURG-D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII. F. 48.

Location:

Fabourg-d'Amiens Cemetery is in the western part of the town of Arras in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle, to the south of the road to Doullens.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 395 of 1384.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 395 of 1384.
  • Photo of Gordon Coburn– This picture of Gordon was taken when he was 18 years of age. He lived in Harriston and secretly enlisted in Toronto against the wishes of his parents and family. He wrote many letters home until he was killed in France and one such letter had a poem, 4 lines of which are: ...The saber and lances clatter/The roar of war and its guns/All make up the hell of the battle/That rages from sun until sun/...

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    Photo of Gordon Coburn
    Photo of Gordon Coburn – This picture of Gordon was taken when he was 18 years of age. He lived in Harriston and secretly enlisted in Toronto against the wishes of his parents and family. He wrote many letters home until he was killed in France and one such letter had a poem, 4 lines of which are: ...The saber and lances clatter/The roar of war and its guns/All make up the hell of the battle/That rages from sun until sun/...

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