Sergeant John Dyer
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
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
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CWGC ID: 1567482
LAC ID:
371229
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
[Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-04-21