Military service
Service number:
487494
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
May 17, 1893
File Hill, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
January 16, 1916
Montreal, Québec
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Jessie Skene of Calgary, Alberta. Brother of George Wilbur Skene of Calgary, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private Harold Alexander Skene
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Photo of Harold Alexander Skene
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Commemorative Plaque
Memorial Plaque commemorating barristers and students, members of the Alberta law society, who died while serving in the First World War. -
Newspaper Clipping
News article from the Calgary Herald dated 13 November 1917 advising of the passing of Private Skene. -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from Calgary Herald Nov. 13, 1917, col. 1 -
Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from Calgary Herald Nov. 13, 1917, col. 2 mentions that his brother served overseas. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Alexander Skene
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Alexander Skene
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Alexander Skene
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Alexander Skene
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Alexander Skene
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Alexander Skene
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Alexander Skene
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 326 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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