LAWSON, John Herbert

War
1st World War
Date of Birth
Date Attested
Original Unit
161st Huron Battalion
Regimental Number
654496
Rank
Private
Date of Death
Age at Death
21 years 8 months
Cemetery
Witley Milford Cemetery - Surrey - England
Cenotaph
St Helens Cenotaph
Biographical Summary

DIVISIONAL UNIT:        5th Canadian Infantry Division
                                             14th Infantry Brigade
                                             161st Battalion - Huron County - Ontario
                                             Canadian Infantry Corps
SERVICE NO:                   654496
RESIDENCE:                    Auburn – Ontario 
DATE OF BIRTH:            January 25, 1896
                                             Auburn – West Wawanosh Township – County of Huron – Ontario
DATE OF DEATH:           October 5, 1917                   21 years     8 months
CEMETERY:                     Witley (Milford) Cemetery – Milford – 
                                             Surrey - England
PARENT:                           Mrs. John Lawson – Auburn – Ontario
Occupation:                        Liveryman                            Religion:     Church of England
Enlistment:                         February 21, 1916 – 161st Huron Battalion
Enlistment Age:                 20 years

Private Lawson along with his comrades in the 161st Battalion left Ontario and travelled to Halifax where they boarded the S.S. Lapland for the journey to England and they arrived at Liverpool on November 11, 1916.
Upon their arrival the 161st went to Whitley Camp - Surrey for further training and to await for the time when they would go overseas and join their units.
Private Lawson had contacted septicaemia (blood poisoning) and this resulted in his death at Whitley Camp - Surrey. He died at 1:55 pm in No, 1 Sick Detention Hut.