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Military service
Service number:
B/63775
Age:
23
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Death:
September 5, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I, G, 74.
Additional information
Son of Edwin Harker and of Edith Harker (nee Howden), of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Sergeant James Harker
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Grave Markers
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Headstone of James Harker
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Photo of James Harker
Sgt Harker enlisted with The Queen's Own Rifles in 1940. He served with the QOR in Nfld, N.B. and in England before being transferred to the 48th Highlanders in 1943. -
Western Technical School
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of James Harker
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JAMES HARKER
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 30th 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Harker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Harker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Harker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Harker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Harker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Harker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Harker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Harker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Harker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 328 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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