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Military service
Service number:
477046
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 20, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Mem. 5.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Alburn Bassett
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Honour Roll
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Joseph Bassett
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of Joseph Bassett
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of Joseph Bassett
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919. -
Acta Victoriana War Supplement
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919. -
Grave Marker
Photo of grave marker courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto was built in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Their names are carved on the Memorial Screen. Photo: K. Parks. -
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 729 of 1058. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who died in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXII is dedicated: "The Alumni Association and friends of Victoria College". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Alburn Bassett
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Alburn Bassett
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Alburn Bassett
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Alburn Bassett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 51 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION Nord, France
Sains-les-Marquion is a village and it lies approximately 2 kilometres south of Marquion, which lies on the main straight road from Arras to Cambrai. The Ontario Cemetery lies to the south of the village. The cemetery was made after the capture of Sains-les-Marquion by the Canadian Division on September 27, 1918. The Cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice and now covers an area of 949 square metres. It is enclosed by a rubble wall.
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