Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of James and Margaret R. Dixon (nee Jones), of Hartney, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Corporal James Dixon
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Dixon
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 681 of 1084. He was initially buried in BEAUFORT BRITISH CEMETERY. After the Armistice, his body was exhumed and buried in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery.
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Jim Dixon in uniform before going overseas
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 681 of 1084. He was initially buried in BEAUFORT BRITISH CEMETERY. After the Armistice, his body was exhumed and buried in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery.
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The Hartney Cenotaph in Hartney Manitoba is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 398 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France
Cerisy is a village 11 kilometres south of Albert, 2 kilometres east of the main road from Albert to Moreuil. The CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY is on the west side of the village on the road to Gailly and Le Hamel and the French National Cemetery is on the south side of this.
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