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Private JAMES DIXON

Service Number: 64299
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row D. Grave 46.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Isabella Dixon, of Castlewellan, Co. Down, Ireland. The Inscription on the original wooden cross read "Erected by his brothers, Bob of S. Africans, Alec of Australians, Marcus of R.I. Rifles.".
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Buried or commemorated at

LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 230
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