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Military service
Service number:
878117
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
73rd Bn.
Birth:
October 27, 1896
Death:
April 9, 1917
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Harris, of Gabarus, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private Max Harris
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Photo of Max Harris
Max Harris (R) and Norman Bagnell Thorneycroft (L). Max and Norman were step-brothers from Gabarus, Cape Breton. Max's proper name was Abram Michael Harris but he was known to all as Max. -
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)
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Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of MAX HARRIS
In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Private Max Harris
Digital gallery of
Private Max Harris
Digital gallery of
Private Max Harris
Digital gallery of
Private Max Harris
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 252 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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