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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
405569
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
June 16, 1893
Oilsprings, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 10, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Albert E. and Helena P. Ketch.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Albert Harold Willsea Ketch
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Inscription
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) -
Collage
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Albert Harold Willsie Ketch
Enlisted with the 48th Highlanders in Toronto, May 11, 1915. Transferred to the 35th Battalion. Transferred in France to the Signallers in the 24th Battalion. Was wounded at Vimy Ridge, and awarded the Military Medal. Kill at Amiens. -
Photo of ALBERT HAROLD WILLSEA KETCH
Served with the 35th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 268 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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