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Son of Wasley and Annie M. Harris, of Rockwood; husband of Katherine L. Harris, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
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 1200 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.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
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 “P/O W. P. HARRIS R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 27 reads: P/O Wasley Passmore [sic] HARRIS 17 SFTS, RCAF. Applied Science and Engineering – Mechanical, BASc 1941. Killed in an aeroplane accident near Souris, Manitoba, 6 November 1943. Buried in Rockwood Cemetery, Rockwood, Ontario.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Photograph from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's Yearbook in 1941 shows Harris' interests.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris
Courtesy of Margaret Rose Gaunt
Image gallery
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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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 1200 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.
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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 “P/O W. P. HARRIS R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 27 reads: P/O Wasley Passmore [sic] HARRIS 17 SFTS, RCAF. Applied Science and Engineering – Mechanical, BASc 1941. Killed in an aeroplane accident near Souris, Manitoba, 6 November 1943. Buried in Rockwood Cemetery, Rockwood, Ontario.
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Photograph from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's Yearbook in 1941 shows Harris' interests.
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Courtesy of Margaret Rose Gaunt
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 168 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ROCKWOOD CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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