Joined the 240th Battalion, CEF, in Renfrew, Ontario, on 3 August 1916 (number 1042060) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 6 or 7 December 1917 - killed in action on 2 September 1918 - buried in Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery (grave II.B.39), France.
An attempt at an ongoing mass biography of the officers and men of the 38th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War
Friday, 3 April 2009
Private Arthur Gagnon
Born on 16 September 1898 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario - brother of Joseph Gagnon, Renfrew, Ontario - at the time of his enlistment in 1916: present address in Renfrew, Ontario, trade as farm labourer, single, no current or previous military service, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 2 inches, chest of 33 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair.
Joined the 240th Battalion, CEF, in Renfrew, Ontario, on 3 August 1916 (number 1042060) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 6 or 7 December 1917 - killed in action on 2 September 1918 - buried in Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery (grave II.B.39), France.
Joined the 240th Battalion, CEF, in Renfrew, Ontario, on 3 August 1916 (number 1042060) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 6 or 7 December 1917 - killed in action on 2 September 1918 - buried in Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery (grave II.B.39), France.
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