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Son of Micheal Cooney and of Annie Cooney (nee Doyle), of 10008-108 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Digital gallery of Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 485 of 818. Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney was originally buried in a grave located ½ mile South of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, 4 1/4 miles South-West of Lens. His body was subsequently exhumed and re-interred at CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 as part of the process of the burial of the dead recovered from surrounding battlefields and from isolated graves which were transferred into the cemetery over a period of years after the Armistice.
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
source: Morning Bulletin (Edmonton); May 7, 1917, page 2
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 485 of 818. Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney was originally buried in a grave located ½ mile South of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, 4 1/4 miles South-West of Lens. His body was subsequently exhumed and re-interred at CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 as part of the process of the burial of the dead recovered from surrounding battlefields and from isolated graves which were transferred into the cemetery over a period of years after the Armistice.
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source: Morning Bulletin (Edmonton); May 7, 1917, page 2
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The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Corporal Francis Gordon Cooney is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 220 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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