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Military service
Service number:
447657
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Birth:
June 27, 1895
Death:
August 24, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of J. William and Annie L. Tonkin, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin
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Photo of Sidney Alfred Tonkin
Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin #447657<BR> Enlisted in 56 Bty. at Calgary on October 4th, 1915<BR> Left for overseas on March 1916<BR> Left for France in March of 1917<BR> Joined 50th Battalion on March 22, 1917<BR> Wounded on May 1917<BR> Missing in Action on August 24, 1917<BR> -
Newspaper Clipping
Article -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
Toronto Star for 2 April 1918, page 8. -
Newspaper Clipping (3)
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Commemorative Plaque
Humberside Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario -
High Park Methodist Church
1914 - 1918 Memorial Plaque for High Park Methodist Church, 260 High Park Ave., Toronto, Ontario. The Memorial Plaque was unveiled in 1924 by Nursing Sister Pat Tuckett, and a Memorial Organ was presented by the Women's Association. Those who died (38 names) are listed on the centre panel with the names of those who served on the side panels. The first services at this location were held in October 1908. The church became High Park Avenue United Church in 1925, and High Park-Alhambra in 1970. -
Photo of Sydney Alfred Tonkin
as a young boy. Photo undated. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Alfred Tonkin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 340 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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