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Military service
Service number:
171327
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
March 6, 1896
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Edward and Marion Kerr, of 145, Garden Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Hayden Douglas Kerr
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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) -
Vimy Memorial
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) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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National Memorial Album
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of HAYDEN DOUGLAS KERR
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Hayden Douglas Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private Hayden Douglas Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private Hayden Douglas Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private Hayden Douglas Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private Hayden Douglas Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private Hayden Douglas Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private Hayden Douglas Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private Hayden Douglas Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private Hayden Douglas Kerr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 113 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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