Gow, Thomas Photo
Rank Private
Service # 123211
Resident Chatham
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Private Thomas Gow left London for overseas in April 1916, crossing to France in June. At the battle of the Somme September 18th,1916, he was wounded, and after three months treatment in France spent eleven months in England, and returned to Canada in October 1917.

Private Thomas Gow received his honourable discharge January 18th, 1918, being medically unfit for further military service.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources IODE, Commonwealth War Grave Commission, Chatham Daily Planet (25-09-1916), Chatham Daily Planet (30-04-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (18-05-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (18-05-1917), Chatham Daily News (04-04-1919), Chatham Daily Planet (07-04-1919), Chatham Daily News (10-04-1919)
Age 20
Complexion Fair
Race White
Birthplace Greenock, Scotland
Religion Presbyterian
Marital Status Single
When Enlisted September 8th,1915
Next of Kin Father- Thomas Gow, Chatham. Mother= Mrs Jessie Gow. Brothers= Private John Gow, 186th Bn., Private Robert Gow, 70th Bn., Douglas Gow, Sisters- Jessie and Anna Gow

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