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Service No.
Rank
Service
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Date of Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Date of Death
Age
Cemetery/Memorial
Grave Reference
Source:
Veterans Affairs Canada
William Dawson
SF21703
Private
1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment
February 14, 1929
Reserve Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
February 21, 1951
Halifax, Nova Scotia
October 23, 1952
23
United Nations Cemetery (Busan), South Korea
Plot 21. Row 8. Grave 1349
Commemorated on Page 17 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance
Private William Dawson was the son of James and Agnes Dawson of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
He was killed in action against the enemy at Hill 355 'Little Gibraltar', South Korea, while serving
with B Company, RCR.
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