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Digital gallery of Private Peter Leo Kane
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Leo Kane
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Leo Kane
Pte. Peter Leo Kane'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.
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Pte. Peter Leo Kane was born in Winnipeg Manitoba in 1890. He had been working as a piano polisher at the time of his enlistment. He enlisted in Toronto on February 7th, 1916 with the 180th Battalion, also known as the Sportsmen. His wife was Mrs. Gertrude Kane.
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Pte. Peter Leo Kane'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.
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 439 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Wanquetin is a village approximately 12 kilometres west of Arras and approximately 6 kilometres north of Beaumetz. WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION lies to the north-east of the village on the road to Warlus (D.59).
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