Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Michael and Mary Agnes Donoghue of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Joseph Donoghue
Digital gallery of
Private John Joseph Donoghue
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Inscription on the Menin Gate … Private John Joseph Donoghue is also commemorated on the Menin Gate, Belgium ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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 177 of 1076. Body not recovered for burial.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 79 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY Belgium
SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY is located 5 Km east of Ieper town centre, on the Canadalaan, a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen.
From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.
3 Km along the Meenseweg lies the right hand turning onto Canadalaan. The cemetery itself is located 1.5 Km along Canadalaan on the right hand side of the road. 100 metres beyond the cemetery at the end of the Canadalaan is the Hill 62 Memorial.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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