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Son of Allison and Louisa Harmon, of Woodstock, New Brunswick. Husband of Hattie A. Harmon, of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), and Cross of St. George, 4th Class (Russia)
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Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Burdette William Harmon
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Burdette William Harmon
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Burdette William Harmon
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Burdette William Harmon
The award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal was published in The London Gazette.<P>
Issue No. 29503 of 10 March 1916:-
5112 Sapper B.W. Harmon, 1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion; he constructed a barricade with sandbags across a road under heavy fire, and kept repairing it, when party demolished by heavy shell fire.
Later he remained for thirty-six hours alone constructing tunnels. On another occasion he accompanied the assault in charge of a blocking party to barricade trenches gained. After the first line of trenches had been taken and nearly all the party killed or wounded, Sapper Harmon armed himself with bombs and continued to force his way forward until he had exhausted the supply and could get no more. During the operations he was severely wounded in several places.
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Lieutenant Burdette William Harmon
The award of the Military Cross was published in The London Gazette Issue No. 29940 of 13 February 1917:-<P>
Lt. Burdette William Harmon, Can. Inf.<BR>
For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led a raiding party into the enemy¿s trench
bombed three dug-outs, inflicting many casualties on the enemy, and brought back two unwounded prisoners.
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Lieutenant Burdette William Harmon
The award of the Cross of St. George, 4th Class, was published in The London Gazette
Issue No. 29945 of 13 February 1917:-
5112 Sapper Burdette William Harmon, Field Company, Canadian Engineers.
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Lieutenant Burdette William Harmon
Source: Portraits of 28 Woodstock New Brunswick men who died during the first World War were published in the "All Woodstock Number" of the August 1922 issue of "The Busy East of Canada" (Vol. 13, No. 1). This section was captioned: "Woodstock Boys, Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War". Retouching: M. I. Pirie, 2011.
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Lieutenant Burdette William Harmon
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Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.
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The award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal was published in The London Gazette.<P> Issue No. 29503 of 10 March 1916:- 5112 Sapper B.W. Harmon, 1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion; he constructed a barricade with sandbags across a road under heavy fire, and kept repairing it, when party demolished by heavy shell fire. Later he remained for thirty-six hours alone constructing tunnels. On another occasion he accompanied the assault in charge of a blocking party to barricade trenches gained. After the first line of trenches had been taken and nearly all the party killed or wounded, Sapper Harmon armed himself with bombs and continued to force his way forward until he had exhausted the supply and could get no more. During the operations he was severely wounded in several places.
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The award of the Military Cross was published in The London Gazette Issue No. 29940 of 13 February 1917:-<P> Lt. Burdette William Harmon, Can. Inf.<BR> For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led a raiding party into the enemy¿s trench bombed three dug-outs, inflicting many casualties on the enemy, and brought back two unwounded prisoners.
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The award of the Cross of St. George, 4th Class, was published in The London Gazette Issue No. 29945 of 13 February 1917:- 5112 Sapper Burdette William Harmon, Field Company, Canadian Engineers.
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Source: Portraits of 28 Woodstock New Brunswick men who died during the first World War were published in the "All Woodstock Number" of the August 1922 issue of "The Busy East of Canada" (Vol. 13, No. 1). This section was captioned: "Woodstock Boys, Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War". Retouching: M. I. Pirie, 2011.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 424 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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