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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
52nd Bn.
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. A. 6.
Additional information
Son of Norman and Eliza Jane Harvey, of Udora, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Irvine Harvey
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Rouleau de service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Tableau d'honneur
"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable." -
Photo de John Harvey
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Mémorial
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of "Lt. J. I. Harvey 52nd Bn" is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Mémorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Pierre Tombale
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Irvine Harvey
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Irvine Harvey
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Irvine Harvey
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Irvine Harvey
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Irvine Harvey
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Irvine Harvey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 100 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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