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Military service
Service number:
432854
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Battalion
Birth:
September 17, 1888
Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
January 13, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
June 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Archibald and Agnes York. He was listed as missing in action in June 1916 and declared dead on April 27, 1917. He was survived by his wife Nellie May and two children Jean Marsh and Archibald John. Although, he was born in Calgary, his parents and wife were born in Meadford, Ontario.
His father, Archibald, served in Parliament.
Digital gallery of Private Harry Alexander York
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Alexander York
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 186 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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