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Sergeant John Dyer

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Dyer, John
Date of birth: 1889-06-22
Place of birth: Williamstown Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Thomas Dyer, father. R.R.#1, Cornwall, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 59284
Highest Rank: Sergeant (21st Battalion)
Rank detail

Sergeant, 21st Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1567482
LAC ID: 371229
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B2790-S001
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dyer of Cornwall, Ontario.

His Circumstances of Casualty form gives his date of death as "on or since 9-4-17"

Uploader's Research notes:

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

21st Battalion CEF tribute page

[Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-04-21