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Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Gilman Bond Gavel
Service Number:
3180103
Regiment:
1st Depot Battalion Nova Scotia/ 85th Battalion
Rank:
Private
Date of Birth:
January 20, 1897
Place of Birth:
Richfield, Digby Co., Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
February 4, 1918
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment:
21
Height: 5 feet, 10 1/2 inches
Address at Enlistment:
Gavelton, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia
Trade:
Farmer
Next of Kin:
Foreman Gavel (Father) Gavelton, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia
Religion:
Baptist
Gilman Bond Gavel, the son of Forman and Annie Gavel, enlisted at Halifax. He embarked Halifax April 7, 1918 and arrived in
Liverpool, England on April 19, 1918. While serving in France he was injured, a gun shot wound to his right leg, on October 8,
1918.
Discharged: February 18, 1919 at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Sources:
Library and Archives Canada (Attestation Paper)
Gilman Bond Gavel