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Frank Lanchetti

In memory of:

Private Frank Lanchetti

January 13, 1920
Toronto, Ontario

Military Service

Service Number:

140119

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

August 28, 1894
London, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

July 28, 1915
Toronto, Ontario

Baptized Frank-Ferdinando-Thomas Lanchetti. Son of Ferdinando Lanchetti and Jennie Mann, of Toronto, Ontario. He had declared to be born in 1895 when he enlisted.

On August 9th, 1918, during the Battle of Amiens, he was shot in the spine and lost the use of his legs. After six months of treatment in England he was repatriated and admitted to the Dominion Orthopedic Hospital in Toronto. After another year of treatment he died there of a disease (pyelitis) caused by his paralysis.

Commemorated on Page 550 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

TORONTO (MOUNT HOPE) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. 17. Lot 292. Gr. 9.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial Tablet– Frank Lanchetti's name appears on this Memorial Tablet. St. Paul's was founded in 1822 as the first Roman Catholic parish in York (now Toronto). The present church was designed by Joseph Connelly in 1889 and was renamed St. Paul's Basilica in 1999. The WWI Memorial plaque is located outside the front entrance of the church. The Basilica is located in downtown Toronto on the corner of Power and Queen Street.

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    Memorial Tablet – Frank Lanchetti's name appears on this Memorial Tablet. St. Paul's was founded in 1822 as the first Roman Catholic parish in York (now Toronto). The present church was designed by Joseph Connelly in 1889 and was renamed St. Paul's Basilica in 1999. The WWI Memorial plaque is located outside the front entrance of the church. The Basilica is located in downtown Toronto on the corner of Power and Queen Street.

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