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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Arras Road Cem. Mem. 2.
Additional information
Son of William and Mary Emily Cameron, of Strathcona Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia. Born at Edgeley, Qu'-Appelle, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Ian Mckenzie Cameron
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Inscription
Inscription (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Photo of Ian Cameron
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Group photo
L to R FR: Ian Cameron KIA, Ewen Haldane KIA MR: E. W. Haldenby, C. E Bent CO, W. Mavor, Alfred Ansley KIA BR: Futcher, Shaw, ? In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted by BGen G Young (ret) 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Grave Marker
Photo by BGen G Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team Nov 2009 -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Gravestone: Lt Ian McKenzie Cameron 15th Bn. Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thelus. -
Vimy Cross
Vimy Cross erected by the 15th Battalion following the 9 April 1917 battle at Vimy Ridge to commemorate those who fell during the engagement. Photo from the archives of the 48th Highlanders Museum, Toronto. Provided by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Vimy Cross
The Vimy Cross was returned to the 48th Highlanders after the war by the CWGC and currently rests in a place of honour in their Regimental Museum. All the names of those 15th Battalion members killed during battle at Vimy Ridge remain clearly visible on the cross. Photo by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161. Page 423 of 1024. -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn. Lt Cameron enlisted with this unit but was sent to the 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt(ret’d) Victor Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Document
Pt II Orders 15th Bn dated 17 April 1917 noting Lt Cameron as KIA. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of April 19, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y112uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Cenotaph
The 15th Battalion Vimy cross memorial was erected and dedicated at Ecurie, France close to the site where the original wooden Vimy cross was erected on the battlefield near Nine Elms Cemetery on 10 April 1917. The memorial is a granite replica of that cross and bears the names of fifty-four of the battalion's Fallen that were inscribed on the original - including Lt Cameron. Photograph taken in September 2018 at the dedication ceremony and is submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 212 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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