Pte. William DIXON

1881 - 1917  (36 years)

• Name	William DIXON
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	17 Mar 1881	Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Attestation Papers	4 Mar 1916	South River, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
  WWI service	10 Apr 1917	Vimy Ridge, France
  	75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry #657126
  Death	10 Apr 1917	Vimy Ridge, Pas-de-Calais, France   [4, 5]
  Burial	Villers-au-Bois, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  	Address: Villers Station Military Cemetery Villers-au-Bois France
  Person ID	I41637154	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Benjamen DIXON,   b. 4 Dec 1855, Kildaire, Jollette, Quebec, Canada d. 22 Dec 1931, Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Ellen Charlotte MCGOWAN,   b. Abt 1857, Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada d. 3 Jan 1882, Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 25 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1878	St. Ambroise de Kildare, Berthier, Quebec, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F13814073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		St. Paul's Anglican Church Honor Roll WWI Photograph provided by Leslie Hill
  		Cobden Memorial Hall Plaque with Names of Fallen Soldiers The Cobden Sun, Nov 13, 1919
  		WWI Memorial Plaque - Cobden Legion Photograph provided by Wayne Bennett

  
  

  Histories

  Dixon, Pte. William - WWI Casualty Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  Attestation Papers: labourer in lumber woods father Ben lived 332A St. Antoine, Ave. Montreal 5' 6 1/4 " 28 years; blue eyes; lt brwon hair enlisted into 162nd unit WWI service: Killed in Action During military operations in the vicinity of Vimy Ridge he was hit in the arm, shoulder, and neck by shrapnel on April 9, 1917. I was impossible to effect his removal from the shell hole in which he lay until the next day and he succumbed to his wounds in the Dressing Station.

  
  

• Sources

  [S489741] Ancestry.com, '"BMD-Quebec Vital & Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968", (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec), baptism Rawdon, Eglises protestantes (Reliability: 3). [S490020] Canada., Mil-WWI Personnel Records of the First World War, ( Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx.). [S489684] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Mil-Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ((www.cwgc.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S489343] Newspaper-Ottawa Citizen, LIsted as casualty 657126 Pte. W. Dixon, Snake River, ON April 27, 1917 p. 10 (Reliability: 3). [S490017] Canada., Mil-War Graves Registers, Canada (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948, (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.). [S489741] Ancestry.com, '"BMD-Quebec Vital & Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968", (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec), Marriage St. Ambroise de Kildare, Episcopal (Reliability: 3).