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Military service
Service number:
410301
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
December 25, 1895
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 26, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph Hanley and Mary Hanley (nee Kirby) of Calgary, Alberta. Brother of Elizabeth and Louisa.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Joseph William Hanley
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted of the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Death Plaque
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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)
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Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 250 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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