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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Albert Gordon
Regiment:
Canadian Infantry
Battalion:
25th Battalion
Regimental Number:
67159
Rank:
Private
Date of Birth:
February 27, 1893
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
November 12, 1914
Age at Enlistment:
21
Height: 5 Feet 4 Inches
Trade:
Labourer (Cosmos Cotton Mill)
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
(Father) George Gordon, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Albert Gordon was first admitted to No 24 General Hospital, at Etaples, on April 16th, 1916. He had been severely wounded in France in the leg,
forearm, foot, and neck. In early July 1917 his mother received a letter from him saying he was about to leave the hospital at Bramshott, Surrey, UK and
would be coming home.
Two days later she received a letter from Ottawa reporting that Albert had been found drowned at Bramshott, June 21, 1917.
Date of Death:
June 21, 1917
Age at Death:
24
Cemetery:
Grayshott (St. Joseph) Roman Catholic
Churchyard, Hampshire, United Kingdom (Plot: A. 11.)
The churchyard of St. Joseph’ Church contains the graves of
ninety-five Canadian soldiers who died locally during the First
World War.
Commemorated on Page 245 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 31 and June 1
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 25th Battalion.
Sources:
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
Commonwealth War Grave Commission (Cemetery Information)
Canadian Great War Project
Veterans Affairs Canada
Grayshott Village Archive (photo)
Additional Information:
“A Monument Speaks” A Thurston; 1989 (p 193)
Private Albert Gordon
Attestation Paper
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