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Military service
Service number:
469454
Age:
44
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Death:
September 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, of Sydney Mines; husband of Katie A. Dixon, of 56, Dominion St., Dominion No. 1, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private John Dixon
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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 689 of 1084. Body not recovered.
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Private John Dixon
Digital gallery of
Private John Dixon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 78 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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