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Military service
Service number:
1226
Age:
15
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Welland Canal Force
Birth:
November 21, 1902
Enlistment:
St. Catharines, Ontario
Death:
March 22, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Family Plot
Additional information
Son of John Joseph and Susan Austin, of St. Catharines, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Harold Joseph Austin
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Drowned in the Welland Canal http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2843&sqn=1134&tt=1368&PHPSESSID=vpccpb7aqosbbtepte14uihph3 -
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall.
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Private Harold Joseph Austin
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Joseph Austin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 362 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOUTH TOWNSHIP (ROCKAWAY) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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