Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Joseph William Whitney
In memory of:
Private Joseph William Whitney
August 12, 1918
Military Service
1087051
Army
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
21st Bn. Canadian Inf .
Additional Information
July 12, 1888
Brother of Sgt Robert Edwin Whitney, Eastern Ontario Regiment, 38th Bn, Canadian Infantry, deceased 14 June 1917. From Orillia, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 522 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France
IIIA. AA. 3.
Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
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Newspaper clipping – Orillia Times, 22 Aug 1918 -
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Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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