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Military service
Service number:
604
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
6th Field Coy.
Birth:
May 19, 1892
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas D. and Emily S. Minnes, of Kingston, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal Harry Sutherland Minnes
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Attestation Papers
Attestation, page 1, for Harry Sutherland Minnes of Kingston, Ontario. -
Attestation Papers (Back)
Attestation, page 2, for Harry Sutherland Minnes of Kingston, Ontario. -
War Diary
6th Field Company, Canadian Engineers War Diary for September 1916 (page 4) recording the death of Corporal H.S. Minnes. -
Photo of Harry Minnes
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Photo 2 of Harry Sutherland Minnes
Cpl. H.S. Minnes in Via Gallia, Kemmel Sector. Died at Courcellette. -
Memorial Plaque
St Andrew's Prebyterian Church, Kingston, Ontario in loving memory of Harry Sutherland Minnes, Corporal No 6 Company, Canadian Engineers Killed in action at Courcelette France Sept 15, 1916 <P> 'Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends' photo by Will S. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiless/5879391524/in/set-72157626939760781 -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Plaque
St Andrews church, WW1 memorial, Kingston, Ontario -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Daily Standard c1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Corporal Harry Sutherland Minnes
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Corporal Harry Sutherland Minnes
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Corporal Harry Sutherland Minnes
Digital gallery of
Corporal Harry Sutherland Minnes
Digital gallery of
Corporal Harry Sutherland Minnes
Digital gallery of
Corporal Harry Sutherland Minnes
Digital gallery of
Corporal Harry Sutherland Minnes
Digital gallery of
Corporal Harry Sutherland Minnes
Digital gallery of
Corporal Harry Sutherland Minnes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 136 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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