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Son of the Rev. George S. and Lillie B. Carson, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private John Burgess Calkin Carson
Digital gallery of
Private John Burgess Calkin Carson
St Andrews United, Halifax, N.S
Digital gallery of
Private John Burgess Calkin Carson
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 613 of 1004.
Digital gallery of
Private John Burgess Calkin Carson
From the Halifax Evening Mail November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Burgess Calkin Carson
From the Halifax Evening Mail November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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St Andrews United, Halifax, N.S
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 613 of 1004.
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From the Halifax Evening Mail November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Halifax Evening Mail November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 64 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
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