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Frank Leonard Gibson

In memory of:

Acting Corporal Frank Leonard Gibson

November 13, 1947
Fort Churchill

Military Service


Service Number:

SC/30108

Age:

44

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps

Citation(s):

1939 - 1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal,War Medal 1939-45 Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp.

Additional Information


Born:

February 1, 1903
Renfrew, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 4, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of George and Alice Gibson of Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Violet Winnifred Gibson, of Ottawa, Ontario. Father of Grace Olive. Brother of George, Anthony, Kathleen and Constance.

Commemorated on Page 2 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. 27. Lot B Grave 14.

Location:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery. The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

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  • Grave marker– Tomb stone at the Beechwood cemetery in Ottawa

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