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David Lawson Courtney

In memory of:

Private David Lawson Courtney

September 28, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

628036

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

47th Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

December 23, 1893
Newport, Monmouthshire, England

Enlistment:

June 12, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia

Son of Mrs. George Morgan of Laburnam House, Huntley, Gloucester, England.

Commemorated on Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. B. 2.

Location:

Sains les Marquion is a village approximately 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai road (D939). The QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY lies at the end of an access path to the left of the D15 road heading towards Havrincourt, about 2 kilometres from the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI to COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 547 of 900. Served under the name James Morgan.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI to COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 547 of 900. Served under the name James Morgan.
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Moorecroft to Moss. Microform Sequence 71; Volume Number 31829_B016756. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 215. Page 185 of 978. This record is for a soldier who enlisted under the name James Morgan, however his true name was David Lawson Courtney.

    Details

    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Moorecroft to Moss. Microform Sequence 71; Volume Number 31829_B016756. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 215. Page 185 of 978. This record is for a soldier who enlisted under the name James Morgan, however his true name was David Lawson Courtney.

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