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Military service
Service number:
115929
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Enlistment:
Fort William, Ontario
Death:
April 14, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Alfred Augustus and Florence Gertrude Ayerst, of 689, 8th Street East, Owen Sound, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Henry Augustus Ayerst
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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) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Henry Augustus Ayerst
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Private Henry Augustus Ayerst
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Augustus Ayerst
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Augustus Ayerst
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Augustus Ayerst
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Augustus Ayerst
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Augustus Ayerst
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Augustus Ayerst
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Augustus Ayerst
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 194 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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