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Rank Private
Service # A116677
Resident Erieau

From Erieau.  It was reported in the CDN 31/12/42 that George was home from Stratford, ON. to spend New Years with his parents.

The CDN 9/06/43 reported that Pte. Gander was on a surprise leave in Erieau prior to his leaving his present camp. It turned out that George had just transferred to Camp Borden but was back in Erieau.  

He was serving in Normandy in August of 1944 when he wrote home to his parents with the following information.

He had recently had a narrow escape when a bomb landed near a truck he was driving, shrapnel causing a slight injury over one eye”. CDN 22/08/44.

 


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