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Military service
Service number:
406256
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
November 14, 1896
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Thomas Burlington
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Sons of England War Memorial
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ¿ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR¿. -
Close up of Sons of England War Memorial
Joseph Thomas Burlington's name is included on the SOE War Memorial. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 245 of 926. -
Memorial
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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Joseph is mentioned in this article about his brother. From the Toronto Telegram October 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 January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas Burlington
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas Burlington
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas Burlington
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas Burlington
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas Burlington
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas Burlington
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas Burlington
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas Burlington
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Thomas Burlington
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 61 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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