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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
July 21, 1893
Galt, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 8, 1916
Galt, Ontario
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Lydia Welland, of Galt, Ontario. Intelligence Officer.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Joseph Frank Welland
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Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, August 2012, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
Menin Gate - October 2009 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Roll of Honour
"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable." -
Close-up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Photo of Franklin Welland
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. -
Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOSEPH FRANK WELLAND
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 347 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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