In memory of

Trooper

James Richard Gow

who died on 25 Apr 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit British Columbia Regiment
  Rank Trooper
  Service number L50084
  Date of death 19450425
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L50084 Trooper (British Columbia Regiment) James Richard Gow (b.1921) of Crooked River was KIA 19450425 during the liberation of the Netherlands and is buried at Holten Canadian war cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands. He was the son of James Jamieson and Ruth Maude Gow who homesteaded NE34-40-24-W2 just west of Middle Lake and later retired to Vancouver, British Columbia. James Jr. was born at Cudworth and was a lumber checker at the Harris sawmill southeast of Crooked River when he enlisted at Saskatoon late in 1940.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 426 - Bjorkdale
  Cemetery or memorial location Holten Canadian war cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Gow Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.4667°N / 104.4833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74A8
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Deception Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210528
  Place of birth Cudworth    
  Date of enlistment 19401008
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Crooked River    
  Occupation sawmill worker
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