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Military service
Service number:
27580
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
April 15, 1895
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 15, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of James L. and Catherine Meek, of Hensall, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Herbert Harry Meek
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Press Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Herbert Meek
Caption (pg. 377): Soldiers of Peel Who Lost Their Lives During the Great War. Author - William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker Strand Military Cemetery. Photo by BGen G Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team Nov 2009. -
Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of HERBERT HARRY MEEK
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 28 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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