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Comstock Road in 1954 (file number 1977 1 128).
Photo courtesy City of Richmond
Comstock Road in 2012 (file number 2012 53 1).
Photo courtesy City of Richmond
Richmond street names: Comstock Road
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Comstock Road is one of a number of Richmond Streets named after soldiers who lost their lives in military service. Those street signs are marked with poppies.
David Gordon Comstock was born in Vancouver in 1918. Comstock graduated from Richmond High School and studied at the Technical School in Vancouver.
Comstock moved to California to live with his aunt. He began going by the name Dave, but his Richmond friends knew him as Gordon.
He worked as a tool designer at a factory. His employer deferred his enlistment several times, as he was considered a valuable member of the work force.
In 1943 Comstock joined the Unites States Navy, serving in the South Pacific for 19 months. He returned to California to get married in January 1945.
On May 21, 1945, Comstock’s mother Elizabeth received a telegram saying he was missing in action. His death was confirmed by July. He had died on April 29, when his ship was attacked by kamikaze pilots, although his body was never recovered.
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