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Military service
Service number:
445073
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
5th Coy.
Birth:
April 22, 1889
Death:
September 17, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Brunswick Lawson, of Fernmount, Sunbury Co., New Brunswick. Husband of Jessie L. Lawson, of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Brother of Private George Brunswick Lawson, who died on March 26, 1916, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Andrew William Lawson
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Andrew Lawson
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Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew William Lawson
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew William Lawson
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew William Lawson
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew William Lawson
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew William Lawson
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew William Lawson
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew William Lawson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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