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Military service
Age:
54
Rank:
Brigadier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
December 27, 1886
Hull, Perthshire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
January 11, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 19, 1941
Wong Nai Chung Gap, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 27.
Additional information
Son of Edward Arthur and Selina Mary Lawson; husband of Augusta Hawkesworth Lawson, of Ottawa, Ontario. Father of Arthur John and Michael Ivan. Brigadier Lawson also saw service in the First World War.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
Digital gallery of Brigadier John Kelburne Lawson
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
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Group Photo
Major-General Maltby (left) GOC HK talking to Brigadier Lawson CO of the Canadian Forces -
Newspaper Clipping
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Grave Marker
GRAVE - LAWSON. CWGC image -
Newspaper clipping
Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online 1941, Dec. 23 p 1 -
Photo of John Kelburne Lawson
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star November 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Edmonton Bulletin c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Medal
Brigadier J. K. Lawson's medals, on permanent display at the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto. Left to right: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal (with bronze oak leaf for Mentioned in Despatches), 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (with Overseas Service Bar), War Medal 1939-45, King George VI Coronation Medal, and Croix de Guerre 1914-18 (France). To the right of these is the Memorial Cross that was issued by His Majesty's Canadian Government, as a memento of personal loss and sacrifice, to Brigadier Lawson's next-of-kin. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2024.)
Digital gallery of
Brigadier John Kelburne Lawson
Digital gallery of
Brigadier John Kelburne Lawson
Digital gallery of
Brigadier John Kelburne Lawson
Digital gallery of
Brigadier John Kelburne Lawson
Digital gallery of
Brigadier John Kelburne Lawson
Digital gallery of
Brigadier John Kelburne Lawson
Digital gallery of
Brigadier John Kelburne Lawson
Digital gallery of
Brigadier John Kelburne Lawson
Digital gallery of
Brigadier John Kelburne Lawson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 35 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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