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Military service
Service number:
B/136593
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 23, 1923
St. Boniface, Manitoba
Enlistment:
November 26, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. H. 15.
Additional information
Son of Lena Anthony of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Anthony
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Photo of John Anthony
John Anthony, killed prior to his 21st birthday. A 21st birthday card sent to John by his mother, came back, unopened with the notation, "Killed in Action". -
Medals of John Anthony
France & Germany Star, The 1939 - 1945 Star, The Defence Medal, Voluntary Service Medal, 1939 - 1945 Medal -
Memorial (Silver) Cross
Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother's Pin -
Roll Of Honour
City Of Toronto Roll of Honour. -
Newspaper Clipping
This obituary of Pte Anthony was obtained from a collection of articles on QOR riflemen in WW II kept by Mrs Josie McQuade of Toronto. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Anthony
Digital gallery of
Private John Anthony
Digital gallery of
Private John Anthony
Digital gallery of
Private John Anthony
Digital gallery of
Private John Anthony
Digital gallery of
Private John Anthony
Digital gallery of
Private John Anthony
Digital gallery of
Private John Anthony
Digital gallery of
Private John Anthony
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 238 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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