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Military service
Service number:
63270
Age:
20
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
July 16, 1894
Enlistment:
Westmount, Québec
Death:
June 17, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Geo. and Margaret T. Dawson, of 437, Mount Pleasant Avenue, Montreal.
Digital gallery of Corporal Wilfred Dixon Dawson
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Photo of Wilfred Dawson
Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 117 of 1036. He was buried 500 feet East of Ducks Bill, Givenchy. After the Armistice, his grave could not be located, hence his death is commemorated at the VIMY MEMORIAL.
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wilfred Dixon Dawson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wilfred Dixon Dawson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wilfred Dixon Dawson
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