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Military service
Service number:
790298
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
October 31, 1878
Death:
May 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Albert Dawson
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Photo of Albert Dawson
Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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 37 of 1036. -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Dawson
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Dawson
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Dawson
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Dawson
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Dawson
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Dawson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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