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Cameron, John
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1889-194-?
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John Cameron was born in 1889 at Greenock, Scotland, and was educated at local schools. His family arrived in Saskatchewan in 1903 and homesteaded near Saskatoon. Cameron enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan by 1912. With war breaking out, he joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, University Unit, in 1915. He went overseas (France) in May 1915. Sergeant Cameron was wounded in April 1916. He rejoined his unit in June 1916, and was again wounded five months later. Cameron was Invalided to Canada and discharged in April 1917. He returned to the U of S and graduated with a BSA in 1918. Cameron was manager of the Saskatchewan Farmers' Mutual Fire Association in Saskatoon for many years.
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SCN00233
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