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Military service
Service number:
26523
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
July 6, 1896
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 13, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 1 1 .
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Mary Anderson, of 197, Riverdale Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Anderson
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Memorial Tablet
Joseph Anderson's name appears on this Memorial Tablet. St. Paul's was founded in 1822 as the first Roman Catholic parish in York (now Toronto). The present church was designed by Joseph Connelly in 1889 and was renamed St. Paul's Basilica in 1999. The WWI Memorial plaque is located outside the front entrance of the church. The Basilica is located in downtown Toronto on the corner of Power and Queen Street. -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Joseph Anderson, born in Toronto, Ontario, enlisted in September 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec. Anderson was a member of the first Canadian Contingent, Canadian Expeditionary Force. In honoured memory. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Joseph Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 3 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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