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3rd Battalion, Canadian Pioneers (Canadian Army) |
| Date Of Birth: |
24/03/1892
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| Died: |
04/10/1916 (Died of Wounds) |
| Age: |
24 |
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George Robert Lawson was the son of William John and Matilda Lawson. He was born on 23rd March 1893 in Dungannon, County Tyrone. The 1911 census records 19 year old George as still living with the family. The family now lives at Miltown (South Side), Dungannon. George is a Wining Master. His father William is a Provisions Merchant. George Robert Lawson served for one year with the Ulster Volunteers before emigrating to Canada in 1915.George was working as a grocery packer before enlisting. George Robert Lawson enlisted in Toronto on 9th September 1915. Private George Robert Lawson was serving with the 3rd Battalion of the Canadian Pioneers when he died of gun shot wounds received in the vicinity of Regina Trench, France on 4th October 1916, aged 23.
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Étaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne. During the First World War, the area around Étaples was the scene of immense concentrations of Commonwealth reinforcement camps and hospitals. It was remote from attack, except from aircraft, and accessible by railway from both the northern or the southern battlefields. In 1917, 100,000 troops were camped among the sand dunes and the hospitals, which included eleven general, one stationary, four Red Cross hospitals and a convalescent depot, could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In September 1919, ten months after the Armistice, three hospitals and the Q.M.A.A.C. convalescent depot remained.
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