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Military service
Service number:
C/10588
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
5 Anti-Tank Regt.
Death:
August 15, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. H. 3.
Additional information
Son of William H. and Mabel M. Cairns, of Easton's Corners, Ontario. Brother of Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Cairns, who died on October 17, 1944, while serving with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Gordon Charles Cairns
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Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Merrickville Remembers
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War. -
Memorial Page
Gordon Charles Gairns is honoured on page 32 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Gordon Charles Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Gordon Charles Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Gordon Charles Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Gordon Charles Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Gordon Charles Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Gordon Charles Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Gordon Charles Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Gordon Charles Cairns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 265 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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