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Biography
Private Anthony MacIntosh was born June 13, 1893 in Lower South River, Antigonish County. He was the son of Duncan MacIntosh and Maggie Chisholm. His brother Alexander J., and sister Mary Catherine also served in the First World War. Prior to enlistment he worked as a book keeper. He had previously served with the18th Field Battery camp prior to enlistment.
MacIntosh enlisted March 1, 1916 in Antigonish with the No. 9 Stationary Hospital organized by St. Francis Xavier University. MacIntosh disembarked in Liverpool June 24, 1916 to train in England. On July 10, 1916 he was assigned temporary duty to Shorncliffe Military Hospital in Shorncliffe. On March 9, 1917 MacIntosh then transferred to the 9th Canadian Stationary Hospital to be a gunner for the 4th Divisional Canadian Artillery Trench Mortar Batteries at Hillford Camp. MacIntosh served with this division on the field in France from August 22, 1917 to February 20, 1918 when he was transferred back to England to the Reserve Force Centre in Whitley, England. On September 7, 1918 MacIntosh was posted to the 16th Brigade of the Canadian Field Artillery. MacIntosh was then sent overseas September 23, 1918 with the 16th Brigade of the Canadian Field Artillery as part of the Northern Russian Expeditionary Force. This force was part of the Canadian government’s agreement to assist allied forces against Bolsheviks Revolution in Siberia. MacIntosh disembarked in Archangel, Russia October 1, 1918. He left Russia from Archangel June 18, 1919 when his brigade withdrew from Russia at midnight on the S.S. Czaritza. MacIntosh was sent back to Canada July 5, 1919 and he arrived in Halifax July 12, 1919. He was discharged due to demobilization July 18, 1919 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Following the war, MacIntosh moved to New Glasgow, Pictou County and was listed in the 1921 Census as a salesman. MacIntosh married Dorothy Collum of New Glasgow at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Montreal, February 14, 1925. MacIntosh worked as an auto dealer in New Glasgow for close to thirty years from the 1930s into the 1960s. MacIntosh died February 16, 1967 in New Glasgow, Pictou County. He is buried with his wife in Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Cemetery, New Glasgow, Pictou County.
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