Source: June 5, 1916 War Diary Military Medal entry.
Earned Military Medal June 1916. For actions at St. Elois Craters.
Enlisted under the assumed name of LAWSON. Later certifies he is DAWSON.
Find-A-Grave Final resting place unknown as of 4 November 2025.
Family Search: When Private Ernest Hilton Dawson was born on 22 March 1893, in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Dawson, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Ellen Marsh, was 24. He immigrated to Canada in 1913. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 22, his occupation is listed as machinist. He died on 28 September 1971, at the age of 78.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada · Monday, June 05, 1916. Reported incorrectly as Edward. He also went by Ernest Hilton.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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