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Personal data

• Name LAWSON
• Initials F
• First name FRANK
• Place of birth Inverness
• Country Scotland
• Family Only Son of Francis James and Margaret Lawson, of 504, 4th Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta.
• Education McGill University
• Profession Architect

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 24 April 1915, Calgary
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 18th Bn. Western Ontario Regiment
• Division - Brigade 4th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.
• Other data related to military career 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

• Wounded 10 April, St. Eloi, while bringing in the dead and wounded
• Type of wounds Hit by a German sniper; the bullet entered his right ear and lodged in the spine; died at n° 10 CCS
• Date of death 12 April 1916
• Died at the age of 28
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery V - A - 18

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