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Military service
Service number:
79627
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
July 17, 1887
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Medal
Victory Medal awarded to Pte Harry Russell 31st Battalion CEF. He was killed in action when his Colt machine-gun position was directly hit by a German artillery shell on June 13th 1916. From the collection of Garrett Lapp, Calgary, AB, 2020.
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Russell
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Russell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 157 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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