Name: Anthony (Tony) Basciano
DOB: August 30, 1921
DOD: April 16, 2008
Rank: Sgt
Reg: Hastings & Prince Edward
Other details: Lied about his age in order to enlist in 1939 (he was only 17 at the time). Stationed in England; Italian campaign; liberation of Holland; born in Italy (fought in his homeland against his half brother, Nicola Basciano during the Italian campaign); past president of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 52; past Sgt-at-Arms (District F); Parade Marshall for Peterborough Remembrance Day parades; organized Remembrance Day services in Peterborough for more years than I know (started way before my lifetime!); local barber down the street from the Peterborough armoury and did the Hasty P haircuts for many, many years!
