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Son of Lena Anthony of Toronto, Ontario.
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Private John Anthony
John Anthony, killed prior to his 21st birthday. A 21st birthday card sent to John by his mother, came back, unopened with the notation, "Killed in Action".
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Private John Anthony
France & Germany Star, The 1939 - 1945 Star, The Defence Medal, Voluntary Service Medal, 1939 - 1945 Medal
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Private John Anthony
Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother's Pin
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Private John Anthony
City Of Toronto Roll of Honour.
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Private John Anthony
This obituary of Pte Anthony was obtained from a collection of articles on QOR riflemen in WW II kept by Mrs Josie McQuade of Toronto.
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Private John Anthony
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Private John Anthony
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Anthony
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Anthony
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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John Anthony, killed prior to his 21st birthday. A 21st birthday card sent to John by his mother, came back, unopened with the notation, "Killed in Action".
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France & Germany Star, The 1939 - 1945 Star, The Defence Medal, Voluntary Service Medal, 1939 - 1945 Medal
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Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother's Pin
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City Of Toronto Roll of Honour.
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This obituary of Pte Anthony was obtained from a collection of articles on QOR riflemen in WW II kept by Mrs Josie McQuade of Toronto.
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 238 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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