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Richard John Gordon Campbell

In memory of:

Sapper Richard John Gordon Campbell

June 9, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

502006

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps

Additional Information

Born:

June 29, 1890

Son of Agnes McKillop Storey (formerly Campbell), of 1225, 10th Avenue West, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the late John Gordon Campbell.

Commemorated on Page 380 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

IV. B. 28.

Location:

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY is at the south-eastern corner of the town of Dunkirk, immediately south of the canal and on the road to Veurne (Furnes) in Belgium. The British War Graves Plot is divided from the main cemetery by a hedge, and is entered through the columns of the Dunkirk Memorial.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161. Page 897 of 1024

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161. Page 897 of 1024
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of July 18, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y191uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of July 18, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y191uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Sapper R.J.G. Campbell November 17th, 2023

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Sapper R.J.G. Campbell November 17th, 2023

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