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Military service
Service number:
902333
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
June 10, 1896
Death:
July 4, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 10.
Additional information
Son of David and Lilla Dort, of Cole Harbor, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private Leo Harold Dort
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 313 of 1076. -
A photo of LH Dort. -
You will also see a picture of graffiti on the wall of a section of tunnel behind the front trenches at Vimy. You can clearly see L H Dort written on the wall in the picture. The soldiers gathered in the tunnels prior to the attack and many carved their names and initials into the limestone.
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Harold Dort
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Harold Dort
Digital gallery of
Private Leo Harold Dort
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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