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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Peter Leo Kane

In memory of:

Private Peter Leo Kane

April 21, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

862165

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

4th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 21, 1890

Commemorated on Page 439 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. D. 10.

Location:

Wanquetin is a village approximately 12 kilometres west of Arras and approximately 6 kilometres north of Beaumetz. WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION lies to the north-east of the village on the road to Warlus (D.59).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping 2
  • Newspaper Clipping– Pte. Peter Leo Kane was born in Winnipeg Manitoba in 1890.  He had been working as a piano polisher at the time of his enlistment. He enlisted in Toronto on February 7th, 1916 with the 180th Battalion, also known as the Sportsmen.  His wife was Mrs. Gertrude Kane.
  • Memorial– Pte. Peter Leo Kane'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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