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Military service
Service number:
436302
Age:
28
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
August 11, 1890
Omaha
Enlistment:
January 9, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Jannet A. Mildon, Tacoma, Washington. His brother, Private Bronson Mildon, also served in the First World War with the 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) and died on September 7, 1916.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Sergeant James Rutherford Mildon
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Photo of James Mildon
James (Jim) Mildon in photo taken in Cambridge, England. Believed to be taken in 1916. A total of five Mildon brothers served in the First World War. Herbert, James, Peter, Bronson and Howard. Jim died near the end of the war in fighting around the town of Cagnicourt, France in the battle for the Drocourt-Quéant Line. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
Clipping from a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Clipping from a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Rutherford Mildon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Rutherford Mildon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Rutherford Mildon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Rutherford Mildon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Rutherford Mildon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Rutherford Mildon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 470 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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