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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Service Corps
Division:
5th Canadian Div. Supply Col.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 22.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Russ Deacon, C.E., and Lillian Dingman Deacon, of Winnipeg. Enlisted in March, 1915.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Lester Jerome Deacon
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo of Lester Deacon
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of Lester Jerome Deacon
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
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 229 of 1036. -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lester Jerome Deacon
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lester Jerome Deacon
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lester Jerome Deacon
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lester Jerome Deacon
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Lester Jerome Deacon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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