Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Charles Walter and Alice Maude Down of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Bertha Down of Toronto.
Brother of Private William George Down, who died on October 5, 1916, while serving with the Canadian Army Service Corps and of Quartermaster Charles Otter Down, who died on June 17, 1915, while serving with the American Medical Corps.
His brother Private Richard E. Down served with the No. 2 General Hospital in England and survived the war.
Digital gallery of Sapper Joseph Henry Down
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOSEPH HENRY DOWN
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 661 of 1076. No record of burial. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sapper Joseph Henry Down
Digital gallery of
Sapper Joseph Henry Down
Digital gallery of
Sapper Joseph Henry Down
Digital gallery of
Sapper Joseph Henry Down
Digital gallery of
Sapper Joseph Henry Down
Digital gallery of
Sapper Joseph Henry Down
Digital gallery of
Sapper Joseph Henry Down
Digital gallery of
Sapper Joseph Henry Down
Digital gallery of
Sapper Joseph Henry Down
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 12 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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