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Military service
Service number:
742998
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
May 27, 1884
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James and Mary Semple, of Saint John, New Brunswick; husband of Vita Irene Semple (now Rowan), of 205, Brandywine Avenue Schenectady, New York, U.S.A. Previously served as Serjt. in 115th Bn.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Semple
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Frederiction War Memorial
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Inscription
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Photo of Joseph Semple
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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) -
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1917. Submitted for he project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1917. Submitted for he project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Semple
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Semple
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Semple
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Semple
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Semple
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Semple
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Semple
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Semple
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 323 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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