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Military service
Service number:
C/50542
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
14 Field Regt.
Death:
June 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVII. C. 6.
Digital gallery of Gunner Oliver Harper
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Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
Oliver Harper is honoured on page 133 and 134 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Memorial Page 2
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Photo of Oliver Harper
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Grave Marker
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Photo of Oliver Harper
Original grave June 1944. -
Group Photo
Harper brothers 32 Field Battery Petawawa ca 1940. Left to right: Oliver, KIA; Robert and Donald, both of whom served throughout the war with the 14th Field Regiment.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Oliver Harper
Digital gallery of
Gunner Oliver Harper
Digital gallery of
Gunner Oliver Harper
Digital gallery of
Gunner Oliver Harper
Digital gallery of
Gunner Oliver Harper
Digital gallery of
Gunner Oliver Harper
Digital gallery of
Gunner Oliver Harper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 328 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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