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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Irwin, of High St., Nelson, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Arthur Irwin
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Private Joseph Arthur Irwin
This photograph was taken in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B. C., Canada.
When Pvt Irwin died, the Battle of the Somme (as it would eventually become known) was almost exactly four weeks old. I wonder if he thought it would lead to victory, or if he was one of the few at that time who began to recognize it as the tragedy that it was.
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Private Joseph Arthur Irwin
From the Daily Colonist of July 30, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y199uvic#mode/1up.
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This photograph was taken in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B. C., Canada. When Pvt Irwin died, the Battle of the Somme (as it would eventually become known) was almost exactly four weeks old. I wonder if he thought it would lead to victory, or if he was one of the few at that time who began to recognize it as the tragedy that it was.
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From the Daily Colonist of July 30, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y199uvic#mode/1up.
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Page 108 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VICTORIA (ROSS BAY) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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