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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
9380
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
January 29, 1883
Clinton, New York
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
October 8, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Effie Cauniff of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, London Gazette No. 29719 dated 23 August 1916. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Private William Joseph Walsh
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of WILLIAM JOSEPH WALSH
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. 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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Walsh
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Walsh
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Walsh
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Walsh
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Walsh
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Commemorated on:
Page 178 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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