William Sydney Dawson

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772105

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

May 3rd, 1917

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Warwickshire

Birth city:

Birmingham

Address at enlistment:

177 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

177 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machine hand

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action. Was hit in the head and instantly killed by fragments of shrapnel from an enemy shell which exploded nearby.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Vicinity of Fresnoy.

BX July 31, 1917

In today’s casualty list Private Sydney Dawson is reported killed in action. This is thought to refer to Sydney Dawson of 177 Darling Street. He was a single man, working as a laborer when he enlisted with the first overseas battalion from the 38th Dufferin Rifles. He was an Englishman.