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Military service
Service number:
475843
Age:
32
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
March 24, 1884
Glencoe, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 31, 1915
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
October 8, 1916
Courcelette, France
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Son of Archibald Finlayson of Glencoe, Ontario
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Finlayson
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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
We were fortunate to tour with a Canadian group to view locations pertaining to the 1st and 2nd World Wars where Canadian military fought and died. This is a couple of photos we took recognizing some names we had viewed before we left home. -
Inscription
We were fortunate to tour with a Canadian group to view locations pertaining to the 1st and 2nd World Wars where Canadian military fought and died. This is a couple of photos we took recognizing some names we had viewed before we left home.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Finlayson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Finlayson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Finlayson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 85 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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