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Military service
Service number:
467658
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
"A" Coy. 10th Bn.
Birth:
November 15, 1893
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot VXIII, Row H, Grave 3.
Additional information
Son of Sarah Ball (formerly Atherton), of 87, Manchester Rd., Leigh, Lancs, England, and the late James Henry Atherton.
Digital gallery of Private Harry Atherton
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Harry Atherton
Private Atherton's remains were found in 2017. In June 2023 he was laid to rest by his regiment, The Calgary Highlanders, in a triple ceremony with two other formerly missing soldiers of the 7th Battalion who had also been killed in the Battle of Hill 70. -
Photo of Harry Atherton
Burial party of The Calgary Highlanders laying the remains of Harry Atherton to rest at Loos British Cemetery in June 2023.
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Private Harry Atherton
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Atherton
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Atherton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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