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Gerald Waldo Gates

In memory of:

Sergeant Gerald Waldo Gates

September 12, 1941

Military Service


Service Number:

R/65223

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Born:

September 19, 1916
Port Williams, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

July 17, 1940
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of Justin E. Gates and Viola Gates; husband of Mary Winnifred Gates, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nephew of Pte. Emerson Waldo Gates (283138) who died on August 10, 1918.

Commemorated on Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ROSSKEEN PARISH CHYD EXTNS (OR BURIAL GRD)
Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. C. Grave 40.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering uncle & nephew lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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