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Son of Henry and Alice Harvey, of Stornoway, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Lance Serjeant Ernest George Harvey
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Lance Serjeant Ernest George Harvey
Lance Sergeant Ernest George Harvey was the sole Canadian soldier exhumed from the Boursies Communal Cemetery German Extension and buried in Plot 2 Row M Grave 41 of the Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. He was found in Grave 17 at trench map coordinates 57c.J.5.b.35.10 (GPS = 50.1427, 3.0304).
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Lance Serjeant Ernest George Harvey
Circumstance of Death record for Lance Sergeant Ernest George Harvey. Died while in captivity as a Prisoner of War at Feld Laz 136.
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Lance Serjeant Ernest George Harvey
Prisoner of War Record 1: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives
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Lance Serjeant Ernest George Harvey
Prisoner of War Record 2: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives
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Lance Serjeant Ernest George Harvey
Prisoner of War Record 3: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives
(listed as Edgar in error)
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Ernest George Harvey
Prisoner of War Record 3: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives
(listed as Ed in error)
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Lance Sergeant Ernest George Harvey was the sole Canadian soldier exhumed from the Boursies Communal Cemetery German Extension and buried in Plot 2 Row M Grave 41 of the Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. He was found in Grave 17 at trench map coordinates 57c.J.5.b.35.10 (GPS = 50.1427, 3.0304).
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Circumstance of Death record for Lance Sergeant Ernest George Harvey. Died while in captivity as a Prisoner of War at Feld Laz 136.
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Prisoner of War Record 1: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives
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Prisoner of War Record 2: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives
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Prisoner of War Record 3: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives (listed as Edgar in error)
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Prisoner of War Record 3: International Committee for the Red Cross Archives (listed as Ed in error)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 99 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Achiet-le-Grand is a large village in the department of the Pas-de-Calais 19 kilometres south of Arras. The Military Cemetery is situated at the north-west side of the village alongside the Communal Cemetery.
One should take the main road from Arras to Bapaume (N17). At Ervillers turn right on to the D9 towards Achiet. At the first junction in the village a CWGC signpost indicates the way towards the right.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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