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Alfred Simmonds Dawson

In memory of:

Private Alfred Simmonds Dawson

November 10, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

3031460

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

20th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 5, 1889

Son of Kate R. Dawson, of 124, Woolfrey Avenue, Toronto, and the late Thomas Dawson.

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


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

II. A. 5.

Location:

The village of Frameries is located south-west of Mons off the R5 ring. From the E19 motorway turn off at junction 24a and onto the ring R5. Follow the ring to the junction with the N544, turn right onto the N544 direction Frameries. Follow the N544 into Frameries and at the first turning on the left turn left into Rue Sainte-Philomene. Take the the first turning left into Rue Donaire, cross the railway and the FRAMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY is along here on the left. The graves are located in the Belgian Military area in plots 9 and 39.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • 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 39 of 1036.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Article

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