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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Harold Leo Butler

In memory of:

Rifleman Harold Leo Butler

December 31, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

2768761

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)

Division:

259th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 18, 1899

Son of Mrs. Sarah Butler, of Peterboro, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 378 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VLADIVOSTOK MEMORIAL
Russian Federation

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The memorial is located in the Churkin Russian Naval Cemetery. The cemetery is located in Vladivostok, which is on the Churkin peninsula. The Canadian Government erected the Vladivostok Memorial, a central monument within the British plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Cenotaph– Canadian Armed Forces photograph taken in 1996 of the headstone in the Vladivostok Cemetery that commemorates the Allied casualties of the Siberian Expeditionary Force who are buried in Siberia.   Harold Leo Butler is listed with the other two Canadians at the bottom.
  • Peterborough Cenotaph– Photo courtesy of Bob Braley
  • Panel on Peterborough Cenotaph– Photo courtesy of Bob Braley

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