Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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John Ferrier Dempster
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:
- 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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