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Military service
Service number:
853645
Age:
32
Rank:
Pioneer
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
123rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion.
Birth:
September 10, 1885
Utrecht, Netherlands
Enlistment:
June 29, 1916
Orillia, Ontario
Death:
October 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. H. 61.
Additional information
Husband of Alice Fitchett Lyffyt of Orillia, Ontario
Digital gallery of Pioneer Harry Lyffyt
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Grave Marker
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Circumstances of Death
Circumstances of Death- Pioneer Harry Lyffyt. -
Memorial Street
Barrie street named in honour of Pioneer Harry Lyffyt with a poppy. -
Vespra Cenotaph
Barrie, Ontario -
Cenotaph
Pioneer Harry Lyffyt is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Pioneer Harry Lyffyt is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Orillia Times, 08 November 1917. Photo followed in next issue 15 November.
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Pioneer Harry Lyffyt
Digital gallery of
Pioneer Harry Lyffyt
Digital gallery of
Pioneer Harry Lyffyt
Digital gallery of
Pioneer Harry Lyffyt
Digital gallery of
Pioneer Harry Lyffyt
Digital gallery of
Pioneer Harry Lyffyt
Digital gallery of
Pioneer Harry Lyffyt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 278 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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