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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
751655
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
March 22, 1891
Eden Grove, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 10, 1916
Berlin, Ontario
Death:
August 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas E. and Mary Desmond, of Palmerston, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, Supplement to the London Gazette dated 24 January 1919.
Digital gallery of Private Daniel Joseph Desmond
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Photo of Daniel Desmond
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. 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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 987 of 1036. -
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 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of DANIEL JOSEPH DESMOND
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel Joseph Desmond
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel Joseph Desmond
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel Joseph Desmond
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel Joseph Desmond
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel Joseph Desmond
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel Joseph Desmond
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel Joseph Desmond
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel Joseph Desmond
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel Joseph Desmond
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 397 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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