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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
3156
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Enlistment:
October 16, 1916
St. John's
Death:
October 25, 1918
Ingoyghem, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Thomas and Alice Trask, of Elliston, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private Heber Trask
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Photo of Heber Trask
Heber Trask, Pte. -
Badge
Caribou Hat Badge of Royal Newfoundland Regiment -
Badge
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Memorial Scroll
Memorial Scroll dedicated to Heber Trask. -
Letter
Letter honouring those who served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. -
Monument
Monument found in Bonavista commemorating Heber Trask. -
Inscription
A closer view of the monument in Bonavista where Heber Trask is commemorated. -
Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Entrance
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Photo of Heber Trask
Son of Thomas and Alice Trask, of Elliston, Trinity Bay. Military Medal London Gazette, June 17th 1919 - Ledeghem. Daily Orders, 1st Battalion 9/11/1918. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the morning of 14th October 1918, during the advance from Ledeghem towards the Lys, almost before the barrage had lifted, these two men dashed forward at a pill-box. A few of the enemy were leaving the pill-box and as soon as they say Ptes. Trask and O'Brien threw bombs at them, but these two men rushed in and bayoneted three of the enemy. They then went to the pill-box and threw a bomb into it, then entered it and captured an Officer, 35 Men and two machine guns. It was entirely due to the prompt action and dash of these two men that the enemy were prevented from bringing their machine guns into action and causing heavy casualties.
Digital gallery of
Private Heber Trask
Digital gallery of
Private Heber Trask
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 125 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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