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Second Lieutenant John Cameron Edwards

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Military service

Age: 25
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Birth: August 18, 1914 Metis
Enlistment: September 2, 1939 Ontario
Death: May 18, 1940 Hull

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Family Vault.
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Son of Colonel C. M. Edwards, D.S.O., V.D. and Agnes W. Edwards, of Hull, Province of Quebec.

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.

The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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