Military service
Service number:
742978
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
June 18, 1897
Portage Victoria County, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
March 15, 1916
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Henry and Laurine Hansena Darkes.
Digital gallery of Private Harry William Darkes
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Photo of Harry William Darkes
Eight Lads from New Denmark N.B. who volunteered for The C.E.F. in 1916. They are shown at their training base near St. John N.B. before shipping out. Back Row l-r Harry Darkes, Peter Swanson, Freddie Paulsen(?), Ben Hansen, Edgar Bingman. Front Row l-r Carl Jensen, Freddie Brinkman, Fred Petersen -
Pvt. William Harry Darkes (Dierks) 26th New Brunswick Battalion Missing in Action Passchendaele, Belgium Nov. 6, 1917
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 441 of 1140.
Digital gallery of
Private Harry William Darkes
Digital gallery of
Private Harry William Darkes
Digital gallery of
Private Harry William Darkes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 225 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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