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Military service
Service number:
437501
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
May 19, 1894
Houghton
Enlistment:
June 29, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
September 7, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. O. 12.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Jannet A. Mildon, Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A. His brother, Sergeant James Rutherford Mildon, also served in the First World War with the 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) and died on September 2, 1918.
Digital gallery of Private Bronson Mildon
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Photo of Bronson Mildon
Photograph of Bronson Mildon. Date and location unknown, but may have been taken at camp in England prior to deployment. Bronson died during the Battle of the Somme, in fighting near Monquet Farm, France, close to the present-day site of the Thiepval Memorial. His unit was relieving an Australian force at the time of his death. He is buried in the A.I.F. (Australian Imperial Force) burial ground, which is about 1km north of the tiny village of Flers, Somme. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
Clipping from a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Clipping from a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Bronson Mildon
Digital gallery of
Private Bronson Mildon
Digital gallery of
Private Bronson Mildon
Digital gallery of
Private Bronson Mildon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 135 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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