Military service
Service number:
B/63616
Age:
23
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 31, 1920
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 11, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Beny-sur-Mer, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 4.
Additional information
Son of Dr. William Harris and Tillie Harris, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Frederick Bernard Harris
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Photo of Frederick Bernard Harris
Sergeant Harris enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 when the regiment was mobilized. He served in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and then in England. Sergeant Harris had the chance to return to Canada for his officer course but he declined as he would have not been with the unit on D-Day. Sergeant Harris was killed leading his men of B Company out of the assault boat at Bernieres-sur-mer (Juno Beach). -
Photo of Fred Harris
Fred Harris is honoured on page 35 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
Group Photo
Photo courtesy of the Memory Project www.thememoryproject.com <P> Four Corporals of the Queens’ Own Rifles. L-R: Earl Stoll, killed in action (DOW), Sept ’44; Gerry Rayner, killed in action, July ’44; Lieut. Freddie Harris, killed in action D-Day, June 6, 1944; Sgt. Barney Danson, wounded in action Aug. ’44. -
Obituary
This obituary of Sergeant Harris was published in a Toronto paper in June of 1944. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
This photo of Sgt Harris' gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C on June 6th, 2003. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frederick Bernard Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frederick Bernard Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frederick Bernard Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frederick Bernard Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frederick Bernard Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frederick Bernard Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frederick Bernard Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frederick Bernard Harris
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Frederick Bernard Harris
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 329 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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