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Military service
Service number:
21345
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
July 12, 1886
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 4, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
LXVIII. A. 6.
Additional information
Son of Alfred and Catherine Clayson, of 85, Oakwood Avenue, Toronto.
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping (2)
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Newspaper Clipping
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Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page 1033 of 1068 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private James Alfred Clayson
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Private James Alfred Clayson
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Private James Alfred Clayson
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Private James Alfred Clayson
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Private James Alfred Clayson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 385 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
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