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Military service
Service number:
130312
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
November 25, 1894
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. A. Blanche Dawson, of The Vicarage, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England.
Digital gallery of Private Stephen Leonard Dawson
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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 107 of 1036. Originally buried just South of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, 4 ½ miles South South West of Lens, France. Subsequently, his grave could not be located, hence his death is commemorated at the VIMY MEMORIAL.
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Private Stephen Leonard Dawson
Digital gallery of
Private Stephen Leonard Dawson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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