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Military service
Service number:
767168
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
123rd Bn.
Birth:
November 9, 1897
Denton, Manchester, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
February 29, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
March 18, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 13.
Additional information
Son of John Henry and Annie Harper, of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Private Stanley William Harper, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
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Newspaper Clipping
This article on the Harper family appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on March 25th, 1918. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Harper
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Harper
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Harper
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Harper
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Harper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 424 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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