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Military service
Service number:
23006
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
October 28, 1880
Enlistment:
Fernie, British Columbia
Death:
May 18, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 26.
Additional information
Son of William and Elizabeth Hixon, of Horsforth, Leeds, England. Enlisted at in August 1914.
Digital gallery of Private James Joseph Hixon
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Newspaper clipping
Calgary Herald June 10, 1915. -
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.
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Private James Joseph Hixon
Digital gallery of
Private James Joseph Hixon
Digital gallery of
Private James Joseph Hixon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 19 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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