Gower, Alfred Henry: Service no. 746162

Digitized Service Record

Source: Kiss the kids of dad, don’t forget to write. The Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916-18. Page 163.

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Family Search: When Alfred Henry Gower was born on 22 June 1888, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Arthur Gower, was 27 and his mother, Emma Lavender, was 21. He married Henrietta Snowden on 1 August 1914, in Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Canada in 1902 and lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada for about 23 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 28, his occupation is listed as stove mounter in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 12 January 1958, in Durham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 69, and was buried in Oshawa Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

Reg number	746162
Name	Gower, Alfred Henry
Rank	Lance Corporal
Year of Birth	3/2/1905
Date of Death	1/12/1958
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	England
Home Country	Canada
City born	London, ON
Address	74 Fisher St, Oshawa ON
Enlistment Date	3/7/1916
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Oshawa
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit
Final Bn	18th
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France	5866
Date w 116	3/7/1916
Left 116th	10/5/1916
Married	yes
Occupation	stove mounter
Wounded date	1/17/1917
Wound type/Death particuolars	Abrased Hand, GSW Head (April 9, 1917) severe, Debility
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded	yes
Sick
PTSD	yes
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th Bn
Other details	D Coy, shrapnel wound to scalp through helmet at Vimy
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description