Regimental Number: 3213106
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment; 21st Reserve Battalion
Gordon was born in Perth, Ontario on March 5, 1897. He came with his family to Clairmont in 1916. In 1917, Gordon was drafted into the Canadian army (his sister Norval was serving as a Nursing Sister with the Canadian Army Medical Corps). He served only in England. Gordon came down with influenza and myalgia in November of 1918 and was sent back to Canada. By July of 1919, he was in a hospital in Edmonton. Gordon married Marion Laing in 1929. Gordon died in Vancouver on January 2, 1976.
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over p. 310