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Military service
Service number:
J/28300
Age:
26
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
February 16, 1917
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 18, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
November 6, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 16. Block C. Grave 1.
Additional information
Son of Wasley and Annie M. Harris, of Rockwood; husband of Katherine L. Harris, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
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Photo of Wasley Harris
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Soldiers' Tower Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “P/O W. P. HARRIS R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 27 reads: P/O Wasley Passmore [sic] HARRIS 17 SFTS, RCAF. Applied Science and Engineering – Mechanical, BASc 1941. Killed in an aeroplane accident near Souris, Manitoba, 6 November 1943. Buried in Rockwood Cemetery, Rockwood, Ontario. -
Biography
Photograph from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's Yearbook in 1941 shows Harris' interests. -
Temporary Grave Marker
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WASLEY PASMORE HARRIS
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Courtesy of Margaret Rose Gaunt
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 168 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ROCKWOOD CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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