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Private Joseph Holland

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Military service

Service number: 2099858
Age: 29
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division: 25th Battalion
Birth: November 18, 1888 East Baltic, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment: April 5, 1917 Prince Edward Island
Death: September 23, 1918

Burial/memorial information

ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION
Grave reference: 11.
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Son of Bernard (Berno) and Annie (nee Fay) Holland, of East Baltic, Prince Edward Island.

Brother of Private Thomas Vincent Holland, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment). Uncle of Lieutenant Thomas Vincent Holland, who died during service in the Second World War with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve.

Two other brothers, Philip and John (Jack) Kyran, also enlisted in the First World War. Philip served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and John served with the U.S. Foresters. Joseph's other brothers and sisters were Peter, Bernard, Edward, James, Marcella and Anne Jane.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 430 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION Nord, France

Sains-les-Marquion is a village and it lies approximately 2 kilometres south of Marquion, which lies on the main straight road from Arras to Cambrai. The Ontario Cemetery lies to the south of the village. The cemetery was made after the capture of Sains-les-Marquion by the Canadian Division on September 27, 1918. The Cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice and now covers an area of 949 square metres. It is enclosed by a rubble wall.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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