Lieutenant Lawren Stewart Harris

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Harris, Lawren Stewart

Date of birth: 1885-10-23

Place of birth: Brantford Ontario Canada

Next of kin: Beatrice (Trixie) Harris, wife. 123 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario

Marital status: married

Occupation (attested): Artist

Occupation (normalized): Sculptor, Painter, Photographer or Related Creative Artist, Specialisation Unknown

Address: 123 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario

Religion: Baptist

Date of death: 1970-01-29

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA

Highest Rank: Lieutenant

Rank detail

Lieutenant (Army). 1916-03-31 to 1918-05-01

Degree of service: Canada

Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

Uploader's Notes:

Son of Thomas Morgan Harris and Annie Jane Harris (nee Stewart); husband of Beatrice Helen Harris (nee Phillips) married January 20, 1910

Lawren Harris was one of Canada's Group of Seven artists, and some say that the Group of Seven would not have formed without the encouragement of Harris. It is difficult to find any military information about Harris because he had a nervous breakdown in early 1918 as a result of the accidental death of Tom Thompson by drowning (another of the Group of Seven), and the death of his brother, Howard in the war. He was discharged in May 1918, following the nervous breakdown.

Assigned as a Musketry Instruction Officer at Camp Borden

No attestation papers for Lawren or Howard are available on LAC.

A little more information is available here http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/CorporateSite/media/oht/PDFs/Lawren-Harris-ENG.pdf

He was awarded the Companion to the Order of Canada in 1970.

Uploader's Research notes: [Lieutenant Army Canadian Militia 10th Royal Grenadiers Camp Borden Discharged Medically Unfit ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2012-11-17

Last modified: 2015-08-02