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Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Harrison, of Acton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Laurance Tolmie Harrison
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Private Laurance Tolmie Harrison
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Wilf Schofield, England
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Private Laurance Tolmie Harrison
Laurance T. Harrison was born on January 3rd, 1900 in Southampton, Ontario. He enlisted in the CEF on March 23rd, 1916 in Fergus, Ontario, listing his occupation as a clerk. He had two years prior military experience in his High School Cadet Corps. He is remembered on the Southampton Cenotaph. This war memorial includes plaques with the names of men from World Wars 1 & 2. The WWI list is inscribed: "In grateful remembrance of the men of Southampton who fought and died in the Great War". Southampton is in Bruce County, Ontario and is the oldest port on the Bruce Coast. This photograph was taken by Mr. Clive Freeman in the summer of 2002.
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Private Laurance Tolmie Harrison
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Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
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Laurance T. Harrison was born on January 3rd, 1900 in Southampton, Ontario. He enlisted in the CEF on March 23rd, 1916 in Fergus, Ontario, listing his occupation as a clerk. He had two years prior military experience in his High School Cadet Corps. He is remembered on the Southampton Cenotaph. This war memorial includes plaques with the names of men from World Wars 1 & 2. The WWI list is inscribed: "In grateful remembrance of the men of Southampton who fought and died in the Great War". Southampton is in Bruce County, Ontario and is the oldest port on the Bruce Coast. This photograph was taken by Mr. Clive Freeman in the summer of 2002.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 424 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ADELAIDE CEMETERY (VILLERS-BRETONNEUX) Somme, France
Villers-Bretonneux is a town 16 kilometres east of Amiens and the ADELAIDE CEMETERY is situated west of the village on the north side of the main road from Amiens to St. Quentin.
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