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Military service
Service number:
54015
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
February 18, 1894
Death:
April 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 13.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Drinkwater, of 177, 5th. Water St., Galt, Ontario.
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 937 of 1076. -
Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Photo of Harry Drinwater
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted to the author by Allan Miller, curator of the 149th Battalion CEF – Lambton’s Own Facebook Group. Original article from: The London Advertiser. June 6, 1916. Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Drinkwater
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Drinkwater
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Drinkwater
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Drinkwater
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Drinkwater
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Drinkwater
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Drinkwater
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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