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Military service
Service number:
192459
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
July 13, 1878
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 7, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Hannay Carswell
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Press Clipping
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) Victor goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Badge
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) Victor goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). Private Carswell was a member of the 92nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 641 of 1004. -
Photo of ALEXANDER HANNAY CARSWELL
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hannay Carswell
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hannay Carswell
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hannay Carswell
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hannay Carswell
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hannay Carswell
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hannay Carswell
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hannay Carswell
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hannay Carswell
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Hannay Carswell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 213 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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