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Gordon John McNamara

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Gordon John McNamara

December 11, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

415151

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)

Citation(s):

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Additional Information


Born:

January 5, 1886
River Inhabitants, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

March 31, 1915
Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Son of Thomas and Annie McNamara, of Evanston, Nova Scotia; husband of Ethel McNamara, of Hespeler, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 130 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LOUEZ MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. H. 12.

Location:

LOUEZ MILITARY CEMETERY is 4 kilometres north-west of Arras and 1 kilometre north of the main road from Arras to St Pol.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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