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Arthur Burnham Gibbons

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Arthur Burnham Gibbons

September 7, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

470228

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Robert and Margaret E. Gibbons. Born at Melrose, Mass. U.S.A.

Digitized service file.

Commemorated on Page 414 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

V. A. 23.

Location:

Bailleulval is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 13 kilometres south-west of Arras, and the BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY is one kilometre west of the village on the north side of the main road from Arras to Doullens (N25)

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Arthur B. Gibbons– Lance Corporal Arthur B. Gibbons, (seated)and brothers: Corporal Chester Gibbons #469515 (back left) also of the 2nd Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), and Private Robert Thompson Gibbons #902517, 85th Battalion CEF, Nova Scotia Highlanders. A real-photo postcard inscribed on reverse with the three names/ranks and "Witly Eng. Xmas 1917." Their attestation papers show that Arthur and Chester were born in Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S.A., while Robert was born after the family relocated to Nova Scotia.

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    Photo of Arthur B. Gibbons – Lance Corporal Arthur B. Gibbons, (seated)and brothers: Corporal Chester Gibbons #469515 (back left) also of the 2nd Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), and Private Robert Thompson Gibbons #902517, 85th Battalion CEF, Nova Scotia Highlanders. A real-photo postcard inscribed on reverse with the three names/ranks and "Witly Eng. Xmas 1917." Their attestation papers show that Arthur and Chester were born in Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S.A., while Robert was born after the family relocated to Nova Scotia.
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    BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY

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