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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
April 16, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. H. 7.
Additional information
Son of George M. and Georgina D. Keely, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Joan S. Keely, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Harlan David Keely
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Photo of Harlan David Keely
Harlan David Keely in uniform. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Arch West
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 "Lt. H.D. KEELY C.I.C." is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Crest
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HARLAN DAVID KEELY
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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. Edited by H. E. Brown, published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 34 reads: "Lt Harlan David KEELY Royal Canadian Signals, att The Irish Regt of Canada. Former student Trinity College, Arts 1939-40. Killed in action in Holland, 16 April 1945. Buried in Groesbeck Canadian War Cemetery, Holland." -
Memorial Stele
This stone stele is located in the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS." The name of "H.D. KEELY" is among those inscribed. -
Memorial Scroll
This framed illuminated scroll, written in calligraphy, is entitled "Men and Women of Trinity College on Active Service. Met'Agona Stephanos". It hangs in the hallway outside the narthex of the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. Small symbols beside the names indicate men and women who are fallen, decorated, and prisoner of war. The list of names includes: '44 Keely, H.D. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
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 1,200 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. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 529 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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