Awarded to : 55764 Pte. Walter George Gowen, 19th Battalion Canadian Infantry
Operating a Machine-Gun in the front lines lines he was shot through the head by a German sniper around 11 pm and succumbed to his wounds immediately. He had been with the battalion since it's formation and was a good soldier who had earned the esteem of his comrades and officers alike. DeRevigny's roll refers.
GOWEN, WALTER GEORGE
Rank: Private
Service No: 55764
Date of Death: 10/08/1916
"Killed in Action: Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry 19th Bn.
Grave Reference III. S. 6.
Cemetery
RIDGEWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, 3.5 miles SW of Ypres, Belgium.
Additional Information:
Son of Alice Walsh (formerly Gowen), of 144, Chichester Rd., South Shields, and the late Walter George Gowen.
Born Lowestoft, Attested November 1914 at Toronto.
