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Military service
Service number:
252099
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
March 10, 1892
Death:
November 11, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of William A. W. and Sarah Harrison, of 133, Cathedral Avenue, Winnipeg.
Digital gallery of Private Orton Wilfred Harrison
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Brothers
Orton is standing, his younger brother (my grandfather), Richard Anson Stewart Harrison is sitting. Richard joined 1st in 1915, he lied about his age, he was really only 16. Then Orton joined in Feb 1916, he was declared killed in action Nov 11, 1917. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Orton Wilfred Harrison
Digital gallery of
Private Orton Wilfred Harrison
Digital gallery of
Private Orton Wilfred Harrison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 252 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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