Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John James Dawson
In memory of:
Private John James Dawson
May 19, 1918
Military Service
32871
22
Army
Canadian Army Medical Corps
1st Canadian Gen. Hosp.
Additional Information
January 1, 1896
Sheffield, England
Son of Albert Edward and Ellen Dawson, of Montreal. On Jan. 2nd, 1913, his birthday, at the risk of his own life, he saved two other boys from drowning in the St. Lawrence River, nr. Montreal.
Commemorated on Page 395 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
LXVI. D. 14.
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
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 91 of 1036.
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