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Military service
Service number:
42623
Age:
33
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Birth:
February 21, 1882
St. Catharines, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 24, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
October 13, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Family.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Fannie Harris of 15, Lark St., Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Edward Charles Harris
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Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from the Toronto Star for 15 October 1915. -
Photo of Edward Harris
Edward in uniform -
Photo of Edward Harris
Edward in Lacrosse Uniform (See Toronto Star newspaper clipping of his death) -
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
Newspaper Clipping
The Globe, Toronto Saturday December 11, 1915 -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: The Globe, Toronto Thursday December 9, 1915 -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 18 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. CATHARINES (VICTORIA LAWN) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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Private
Canadian Women's Army Corps
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William Ecker
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Canadian Garrison Regiment
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William Edward Chalmers
Chief Engine Room Artificer
Royal Canadian Navy Reserve
A/2167
William Graham Eymann
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Royal Canadian Engineers
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William Joseph Pattison
Gunner
Royal Canadian Artillery
B/628
William Manley Nixon
Aircraftman 2nd Class
Royal Canadian Air Force
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William Montague Wade
Trooper
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
B/88035
William Reid Hawley
Private
Welland Canal Force
510
William Robert Brix
Private
The Royal Canadian Regiment
406479
Winsor Claude Chase
Private
Canadian Garrison Regiment
3035982
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