Private Gordon Ewart McIlwraith
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
Private (Army).
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Previous service noted on attestation as one year with the 35th C.A.H.
It appears that his brother was William McIlwraith, who also served during the war.
Red Deer News, 14 November 1917, pg. 1:
WOUNDED CASUALTIES
Mr. McIlwraith received a wire Sunday evening that his son Pte. Gordon McIlwraith had been wounded in the face and in the elbow. He was in the machine gun section when wounded. He left Red Deer with Col. Naismyth's battalion, and his letters have been read with interest by readers of The News.
Red Deer News, 05 December 1917, pg. 1:
Mr. Sam McIlwraith will receive congratulations from the front that his son Gordon, one of his two boys recently wounded, has been recommended for the Military Medal for bravery on the field at Hill 70. Gordon is the first of the home boys to gain this coveted honour, though Mr. Shook, of the British Air Service, has won his decorations.