Person:Gordon Junop (1)

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Private Gordon David Junop
b.11 Mar 1924 Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
d.6 Jul 1944 Québec, Canada
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  1. Private Gordon David Junop1924 - 1944
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Name[1][2][3] Private Gordon David Junop
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 11 Mar 1924 Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Military[1][3] 8 May 1944 Date of enlistment
Death[1][3] 6 Jul 1944 Québec, CanadaMount Bruno Military Camp
Burial[2] First Baptist Cemetery, Laurentian Valley, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

According to a Global and Mail clipping from July 8, 1944, Gordon Junop and 6 other service members were killed instantly when a mortar round exploded prematurely in the barrel of a 3-inch mortar. Three others died of their wounds, seven were listed as "dangerously wounded" and eight were "seriously wounded" and another 20 were wounded.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gordon David Junop memorial, in The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

    IN MEMORY OF PRIVATE GORDON DAVID JUNOP C/117558, WHO DIED AGE 20
    ON THURSDAY 6 JULY 1944. PRIVATE JUNOP, SON OF CHRISTIE AND MINNIE JUNOP, OF PEMBROKE. REMEMBERED WITH HONOUR PEMBROKE BAPTIST CEMETERY

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 First Baptist Cemetery, Pembroke, in Ontario Canada Gravemarker Gallery.

    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/renfrew/pembroke/baptist/junop1.jpg

    C117558 Private Gordon D Junop
    6 July 1944

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gordon David Junop memorial, in Canada. Canada Virtual War Memorial.

    Gordon David Junop memorial

    See the linked newspaper clipping about the incident

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