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Military service
Service number:
862143
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
September 24, 1891
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Albert Brennan
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Memorial Tablet
Albert Brennan's name appears on this Memorial Tablet. St. Paul's was founded in 1822 as the first Roman Catholic parish in York (now Toronto). The present church was designed by Joseph Connelly in 1889 and was renamed St. Paul's Basilica in 1999. The WWI Memorial plaque is located outside the front entrance of the church. The Basilica is located in downtown Toronto on the corner of Power and Queen Street. -
Press Clipping
Pte. Albert Brennan enlisted in Toronto with the 180th Battalion (Sportsmen) on February 5th, 1916. -
Press Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 1 October 1917, page 8. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 206 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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