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Military service
Service number:
700241
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
November 3, 1885
Surrey, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
December 11, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
His real name was Robert James Yeman and he is also commemorated on page 186 of the First World Book of Remembrance.
Son of Charles Edward and Emma Sarah Yeman, of 47 Richmond Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey, England.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Dixon
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Photo of Robert James Yeman, (Served as Robert Dixon)
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Group Photo
101st Bn, B Coy, 5th Platoon, as R Dixon -
Circumstances of death registers
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 705 of 1084. Enlisted under the Alias Robert Dixon. -
Memorial
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 705 of 1084. Enlisted under the Alias Robert Dixon.
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Private Robert Dixon
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Dixon
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Dixon
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Dixon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 78 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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