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Collection
Soldier Information Cards - World War Two
Transcription
Gemmell, Thomas M.
[clipping] 31 Oct 1944
Pte. T.M. Gemmell slightly wounded on western front
Word has been received by M. Stephen Gemmell, 9th concession, North Dumfries, that his son Pte. Thomas Mitchell Gemmell, 21, has been slightly wounded in action while fighting on the Western Front. Pte. Gemmell's wounds are described as arm wounds.
In a letter to his father, the young Ayr soldier said he had been in hospital for five weeks for a rest and was released on October 5 and wounded on October 13. He is resting in a hospital in Belgium.
Pte. Gemmell enlisted at Hamilton in October, 1942, with an armored corps for England in March this year. Before enlisting he was employed as a truck driver in Hamilton.
[clipping] 7 March 1945
Pte. Tom Gemmell killed in action
Ayr-Word was received in Ayr today that Pte. Thomas Mitchell Gemmell, son of M. Stephen Gemmell, North Dumfries, was killed in ation. No other particulars were included in the official message other than the statement that a letter would follow.
Pte. Gemmell, 21, was wounded in action while fighting on the western front on October 15, last year. He had apparently recovered from that wound, which was described as an arm wound, and had returned to action.
He enlisted at Hamilton in October, 1942, with an armored Corps. He proceeded overseas in March, 1944. Pte. Gemmell was born in North Dumfries on June 25, 1923. He attended school at Reidsville and was a member of the United church. Prior to enlisting Pte. Gemmell was employed as a truck driver in Hamilton.
Surviving are his father and one brother, Robert.