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Find-A-Grave (Newfoundland)
Family Search: When Private Victor Charles Dawe was born on 6 February 1891, in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, his father, Capt. Henry George Dawe, was 42 and his mother, Naomi Parsons, was 39. He immigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as teacher in Indiana, United States. He died on 22 June 1916, in Belgium, at the age of 25, and was buried in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
Friends with Private Reginald Crane, reg. no. 53214. They are the only two Newfoundlanders to enlist with the original draft of the 18th Battalion.
The War Diary relates on the date (June 22, 1916) of the death of Private Victor Dawe:
Position quiet. LIEUTS. W.F. COLE and J.F. PERKINS proceeded on leave. 6 ors [other ranks] wounded. 2 ors returned from hospital. 2 ors died of wounds.
A 25 year old teacher from Bay Roberts, Newfoundland made the ultimate sacrifice. Private Dawe’s Circumstances of Casualty Card holds more about the sacrifice of this soldier:
“Died of Wounds”
On the night of June 21st/22nd 1916, Private Dawe accompanied by Private Kemp made a daring reconnaissance of the enemy wire opposite our trenches. While returning they were discovered and fired on by rifles and grenades from the enemy front line. Both men were wounded, Private Dawe by a bullet in the head, and he later died at No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station.
It appears the Private Kemp survived the patrol but another soldier, Private Archibald Fleming Veitch , 407045 was the other KIA that day.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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