Cameron Bissett was born in Brooke Township, Ontario on October 30, 1896, the son of Cameron Bissett (a farmer) and Margaret Bissett, of 136 Dundas Street, Sarnia. His siblings included sisters Elizabeth and Margaret Jane (Maggie). He was a member of St. Andrew’s congregation, Inwood. Cameron was conscripted to service January 9, 1918, in London, Ontario, with the Western Ontario Regiment. A bachelor at the time, he listed his address as 136 Dundas Street, Sarnia, his occupation as a farmer. He became a member of the Army, Canadian Infantry, Western Ontario Regiment, later transferred to the 47th Battalion, as a Private.
Cameron’s two sisters would both marry: Elizabeth would become Mrs. Ed. Ironsides living in North Brooke Township; and Margaret Jane, would become Mrs. Margaret Reid (living at 136 Dundas street). Margaret Reid became a war widow when her husband, George Alexander Reid (included in this project) was killed in an accident during training in London, Ontario in October 1915.
On September 3, 1918, less than eight months after being conscripted to service, Cameron Bissett would his life while fighting during Canada’s final Hundred Days Campaign at Amiens, France. Cameron Bissett would later be officially listed as, Killed in action. This soldier was instantly killed by an enemy shell bursting close to him as he was ‘digging in’ with the rest of his company just after an advance. In mid-September 1918, Mrs. Margaret Bissett in Sarnia was sent a telegram informing her that her son Cameron, had been killed in action on September 3rd. Twenty-one year old Cameron Bissett has no known grave. He is memorialized on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
SOURCES: A, B, C, D, F, L, N, 2C, 2D, 2G