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Joseph Alexander Baxter

In memory of:

Private Joseph Alexander Baxter

October 11, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

228354

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

"A" Coy. 19th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 2, 1891
Toronto, Ontario

Commemorated on Page 365 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WELLINGTON CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

II. F. 3.

Location:

Rieux-en-Canbresis is a village in the Department of the Nord, 9 kilometres north-east of Cambrai, and the WELLINGTON CEMETERY is 800 metres north of the village, 50 yards from the traffic lights on the D118, Cauchy-Iwuy-Rieux-en-Canbresis road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation Paper– Attestation Paper.  
Source:  Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War.
  • Attestation Paper– Source:  Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Article
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada.  CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames:  Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150.  Page 991 of 1058.
  • Memorial– Inscription to the memory of Private JOSEPH ALEXANDER BAXTER on the Baxter family grave marker in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario

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