Topp, John "Jack" Ussher Sowden - Vet WW I - RP0136
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white photograph depicting a man with his arm in a sling, seated with his legs crossed.
- Notes
- He was born in Bracebridge, Ontario, the son of Dr. Richard Ussher Topp and Mary Eliza "Birdie" (Beley) Topp.
Private John (Jack) Ussher Sowden Topp lost his life on Aug 8,1918 (age 21) at the Battle of Amiens in France during WW 1. He had been wounded twice before in battle.
He is buried at Cruxifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Britonneux, Somme, France.
Book 2 - page 114 - - Date of Publication
- 1918
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Topp, Jack - Killed in action Aug 8, 1918
- Local identifier
- RP0136
- Collection
- RHS
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 45.2584 Longitude: -79.64134
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- Donor
- Dr. James Topp (nephew)
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Rosseau Historical SocietyEmail:rosseauhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
Website:
Agency street/mail address:PO Box 268
Rosseau, On
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