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Military service
Service number:
270650
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
October 7, 1890
Death:
August 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D. 2.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Payne Jr., of Fogo Harbor, Newfoundland; husband of Cora Payne, of Toronto, Ontario. Was an Anglican Minister. Graduated from Huron College in 1916, winning high honours in Divinity and Arts. Enlisted for active service shortly afterwards.
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping 2
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Preston War Memorial
Preston Ontario Cenotaph. Dedicated November 8, 1926. The names of Preston soldiers killed in the Second World War were added in 1949. Inscribed: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PRESTON WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SHARED ITS DANGERS. -
Memorial Plaque
Roll of Honour is located in the Middlesex Memorial Tower, University College.<P> University of Western Ontario, London Ontario.<P> Courtesy of University of Western Ontario Gazette <P> -
Photo of Harold Payne
In memory of the men and women who went to war from the Waterloo area and did not return. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir - Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 - 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women who went to war from the Waterloo area and did not return. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir - Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 - 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Sun Quarry Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of HAROLD PAYNE
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Payne
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Payne
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Payne
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Payne
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Payne
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Payne
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Payne
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Payne
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Payne
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 483 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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