Cpl. Gordon Charles Cole, Canadian Engineers
Born in 1886 in Keewatin, Ontario, the son of Robert and Catherine Cole of Powell River. He enlisted at Vancouver on Nov. 9, 1914. He was a machinist in the Powell River Mill. Arthur Dunn wrote that “Gordon Cole was the first [from Powell River] to be killed. He was a machinist and worked in the shops here. Son of Bob Cole, mill carpenter who was also one of our three magistrates.” Gordon joined the 3rd Tunnelling Co. of the Canadian Engineers. He was “Killed in Action” in the “vicinity of Hill 60,” near Zillebeke, Belgium on Nov. 23, 1916. He would have been involved in the tunnelling operations around there, one of which was the Catterpillar mine which was detonated in 1917, and its crater is still visible today. He is buried in the Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium. He was eleven days short of his 30th birthday.
Born in 1886 in Keewatin, Ontario, the son of Robert and Catherine Cole of Powell River. He enlisted at Vancouver on Nov. 9, 1914. He was a machinist in the Powell River Mill. Arthur Dunn wrote that “Gordon Cole was the first [from Powell River] to be killed. He was a machinist and worked in the shops here. Son of Bob Cole, mill carpenter who was also one of our three magistrates.” Gordon joined the 3rd Tunnelling Co. of the Canadian Engineers. He was “Killed in Action” in the “vicinity of Hill 60,” near Zillebeke, Belgium on Nov. 23, 1916. He would have been involved in the tunnelling operations around there, one of which was the Catterpillar mine which was detonated in 1917, and its crater is still visible today. He is buried in the Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium. He was eleven days short of his 30th birthday.