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John Ferrier Dempster

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John Dempster's Gravemarker (image courtesy of Marg Liessens)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 11.04.1916
  • Place of enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Service no: 1015312
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 72nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 20
  • Date of Death: 22.02.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Lapugnoy Military Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: VII.B.3.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 18.08.1897
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Janitor
  • Mother:

    Martha Dempster, 1780-1st Ave, Vancouver

  • Father:

    Frank Dempster, 1780-1st Ave, Vancouver

  • Siblings:

    George

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John Ferrier Dempster

For more information on John, visit, John’s Memorial also John’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

For reasons unknown John Dempster is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

John was the brother of Pte George Dempster, 1048638, 11th Battalion, Canadian Forestry Corps

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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