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Military service
Service number:
288306
Age:
41
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Birth:
October 14, 1876
Death:
February 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. D. 3.
Digital gallery of Private James Gurney
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of James Gurney
James Charles Gurney, father of six children, died in France in February, 1918. -
Attestation paper
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Cemetery
Cemetery in Sains-en-Gohelle, France -
Circumstances of death
Explanation of the cause of death of James Gurney -
Grave marker
Grave in Sains-En-Gohelle, France -
War Diary
War diary excerpt pertaining to the death of James Gurney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 420 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FOSSE No. 10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.
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