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Military service
Service number:
10038
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
May 11, 1886
Death:
April 23, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Digital gallery of Private John Sleigh Harries
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Harries was born in Stratford, Ontario. -
Newspaper clipping
Source: The Globe, Toronto Monday February 2 1 1916 Private LESLIE HUGH CARTER who is also mentioned in this report died on the same day as Private Harries, April 23, 1915. Their bodies were never found and both are commemorated on the MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL. -
Newspaper clipping
Source: The Globe, Toronto Tuesday February 22 1916 -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOHN SLEIGH HARRIES
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John Sleigh Harries
Digital gallery of
Private John Sleigh Harries
Digital gallery of
Private John Sleigh Harries
Digital gallery of
Private John Sleigh Harries
Digital gallery of
Private John Sleigh Harries
Digital gallery of
Private John Sleigh Harries
Digital gallery of
Private John Sleigh Harries
Digital gallery of
Private John Sleigh Harries
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 18 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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