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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
643863
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
August 10, 1897
Clinton, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 28, 1916
Orillia, Ontario
Death:
May 3, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of David and Mary Ann Cantelon, of Clinton, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
Additional citations
Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private David Adam Cantelon
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Grave Marker
Grave marker, Clinton Cemetery - September 2017, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. Private David Adam Cantelon is also remembered on the grave marker of his brother Harry Rae Cantelon. -
Inscription
Private David Adam Cantelon is also commemorated on the Memorial in Clinton, ON … First World War names … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
War Memorial
Private David Adam Cantelon is also commemorated on the Memorial in Clinton, ON … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription on the Vimy Memorial. Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 75 of 1004. -
Cenotaph
Private David Adam Cantelon is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Private David Adam Cantelon is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private David Adam Cantelon
Digital gallery of
Private David Adam Cantelon
Digital gallery of
Private David Adam Cantelon
Digital gallery of
Private David Adam Cantelon
Digital gallery of
Private David Adam Cantelon
Digital gallery of
Private David Adam Cantelon
Digital gallery of
Private David Adam Cantelon
Digital gallery of
Private David Adam Cantelon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 213 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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