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Military service
Service number:
931421
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
August 21, 1881
Huworth, Yorks, England
Enlistment:
May 13, 1916
Fernie, British Columbia
Death:
October 30, 1917
Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30 and 32
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Dixon, of Fort William, Ontario; husband of Elizabeth Dixon, of Coal Creek, Fernie, British Columbia.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private John Thomas Dixon
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Inscription
Inscription on plate 32 of the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium -
Memorial
War Memorial, Fernie and District, British Columbia. Dedicated by Lord Byng on May 24th, 1922. Inscribed: ERECTED TO PERPETUATE OUR HONOURED DEAD AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON IN THE GREAT WAR FROM FERNIE B.C. AND DISTRICT. -
Inscription
Detail of statue and names listed on the War Memorial for Fernie and District, British Columbia. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 697 of 1084.
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Dixon
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Dixon
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Dixon
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Dixon
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Dixon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 228 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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