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Joseph Price

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Joes grave marker, image courtesy of Ron Reine, findagrave.com

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 04.01.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Service no: 117485
  • Rank: Trooper
  • Service Occupation:
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  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 12th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 15.02.1963
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Teamster
  • Mother:
  • Father:
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  • Age at Death: 63
  • Date of Death: 01.03.1926
  • Place of Death: Calgary, Canada
  • Burial Country: Canada
  • Cemetery: Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary

More about Joseph Price

service record

N.O.K. listed as J. Pipe (cousin)

WWI Regimental #117485
Enlisted January 4, 1915 at Calgary, Alberta in the 12th Canadian Mounted Rifles and served in France.
Demobilized April 8, 1919 with the Rank of Trooper.
Previous military service: U.S. Artillery, Philippines (6 years)
Birth: Feb. 15, 1874 at Dundee, Scotland; Army medical records in 1918 indicate age as 55 years and 9 months.
Next-of-kin: Miss Ann McClennan at Bruce County, Ontario.

PRICE–March 1st, Joseph Price, aged 63 years, of Strathmore.
The Calgary Daily Herald, March 2, 1926, page 2

JOE PRICE DIED AT CALGARY
Mr. Price or “Joe” as he was popularly known by one and all was born in Kincardine, Ontario, [sic] over sixty years ago, and has been a resident here for over twenty years, originally working on the irrigation system construction work for Hayden and Skeen, on both Eastern and Western sections.
Obituary obtained from Strathmore Standard and Bow Valley News, Strathmore, Alberta, March 3, 1926
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Joe joined the 12th Mounted Rifles early in 1915, and served in France with the D.A.G. and Verterinary Corps. Died of Blood poisoning in his arm after surgery on Feb 24, 1926.

Gary Thomson

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