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Military service
Service number:
639864
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
May 1, 1896
Death:
August 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D. 15.
Digital gallery of Private Harold George Young
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Harold George Young was born on May 1, 1896. He was employed as an Occupation Bank Clerk. He enlisted with 156 Battalion Canadian Infantry on March 11, 1916 in Lynhurst, Ontario. He embarked for Halifax on Oct. 18, 1916 and arrived in England on Oct. 28, 1916 aboard the S.S. Northland. On May 23, 1917, he was Transferred to 2nd Bn. He arrived in France on June 27, 1917. He was killed in action on Aug. 30, 1918 in France. He was 22 years old.
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Private Harold George Young
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 527 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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