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Military service
Service number:
404878
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30 and 32
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Mary A. Long, of 254, Durocher Avenue, Outremont, Montreal.
Digital gallery of Private Harry Oliver Long
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Inscription
Inscription on plate 32 of the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. -
Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Harry Oliver Long was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. His mother, Mary Long, was living at 3 Minto St., Sherbrooke, Quebec, at the time that he enlisted in the C.E.F.. Long indicated on his attestation that he had prior experience with the Queens Own Rifles and four years with the 53rd (Sherbrooke) Regiment. His attestation was completed on June 12th, 1915 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. This image is a typed transcription of the original articles which were in poor condition. In honoured memory. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Oliver Long
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Oliver Long
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Oliver Long
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Oliver Long
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 120 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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