Eric Davidson

Biography

John "Eric" Davidson (May 10, 1915—September 9, 2009) was a Canadian mechanic who was one of the last survivors of the Halifax Explosion. He was two years old when he was blinded by the Halifax Explosion on December 6, 1917. At the time of his death in 2009, Davidson was the penultimate living survivor with permanent injuries from the Halifax Explosion, which killed more than 1,600 people.

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