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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade
Death:
August 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Susie Ormsby, of "Knockmore", Forest Hill Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Anthony Ninian Ormsby
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of John Anthony Ninian Ormsby
From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Lieutenant John Anthony Ninian Ormsby is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Photo 2 of John Anthony Ninian Ormsby
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Newspaper Obituary
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Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOHN ANTHONY NINIAN ORMSBY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Anthony Ninian Ormsby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Anthony Ninian Ormsby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Anthony Ninian Ormsby
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Anthony Ninian Ormsby
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 144 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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