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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Death:
August 9, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 9.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. L. Dawson, of Islington, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Ernest Charles Dawson
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Photo of Ernest Charles Dawson
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Press Clipping
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Grave marker
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Cemetery
Manitoba Cemetery, Caix (CWGC) -
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 69 of 1036. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
MANITOBA CEMETERY, CAIX Somme, France
Caix is a village 24 kilometres east of Amiens, between the road to St Quentin and Roye. The Manitoba Cemetery is situated between the village of Caix and Beaufort.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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