Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Anna M. Defoe of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Private William Augustus Defoe, who died while serving with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.).
Digital gallery of Private Vincent Laurent Defoe
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Memorial Stained Glass
Pvt. Vincent L. Defoe's name on stain glass window in Sts. Cyril and Methodius Roman Catholic Church in Mississauga, Ontario. The stain glass was originally in St. Basil's Church in Toronto. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Pvt. Vincent L. Defoe's name on stain glass window (bottom left) in Sts. Cyril and Methodius Roman Catholic Church in Mississauga, Ontario. The stain glass was originally in St. Basil's Church in Toronto. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Attestation Paper
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Vincent Defoe enlisted in Toronto in July 1915. His brother, Pte. William Augustus Defoe, 109119, 4th C.M.R., died June 2nd, 1916. A third brother, Sgt. Frederick Raumann Defoe, 56090, survived the war. All three brothers were born in Toronto. In honoured memory of the Defoe brothers. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of VINCENT LAURENT DEFOE
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 421 of 1036. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 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 March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Vincent Laurent Defoe
Digital gallery of
Private Vincent Laurent Defoe
Digital gallery of
Private Vincent Laurent Defoe
Digital gallery of
Private Vincent Laurent Defoe
Digital gallery of
Private Vincent Laurent Defoe
Digital gallery of
Private Vincent Laurent Defoe
Digital gallery of
Private Vincent Laurent Defoe
Digital gallery of
Private Vincent Laurent Defoe
Digital gallery of
Private Vincent Laurent Defoe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 76 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.
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