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Personal data

  • Inverness
  • Scotland
  • Only Son of Francis James and Margaret Lawson, of 504, 4th Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta.
  • McGill University
  • Architect

Military service

  • 24 April 1915, Calgary
  • Lieutenant
  • 18th Bn. Western Ontario Regiment
  • Appointed Lt. in the 56th Bn. C.E.F., 20 April 1915; transferred to the 30th and later to the 18th Bn.; gazetted Lt. February 1916

Death

  • 10 April, St. Eloi, while bringing in the dead and wounded
  • Hit by a German sniper; the bullet entered his right ear and lodged in the spine; died at n° 10 CCS
  • 28
  • V - A - 18

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