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Harry Joseph Steele

In memory of:

Private Harry Joseph Steele

September 29, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

226878

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

October 11, 1897

Son of Angus and Margaret Gravers Steele, of 440, George St., Sydney, Nova Scotia. Native of St. John's, Newfoundland.

Commemorated on Page 506 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII. A. 73.

Location:

Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Harry Joseph Steele– Detail of photo plate mounted on a round, metal plaque of Harry J. Steele mounted on a horse. Also available is a detail showing full mount, and a letter from the priest who was with the deceased prior to and at the time of his death.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England.

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