Gunner Harold Howard McElroy

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: McElroy, Harold Howard

Date of birth: 1888-05-11

Place of birth: Hope Township Durham County Ontario Canada

Next of kin: Minnie McElroy (Mother) Port Hope, Ontario

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): File cutter

Occupation (normalized): Blacksmith, General

Address: Port Hope, Ontario

Religion: Presbyterian

Date of death: 1918-08-08

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, I. C. 16.

Regimental number: 348955

Highest Rank: Gunner

Rank detail

Gunner (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: Killed by a German shell at the Amiens offensive.

Commemoration location: Book of Remembrance (Ottawa), page 457

Harold McElroy

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CWGC ID: 253509

LAC ID: 146987

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B6802-S012

Uploader's Notes:

Son of John and Minnie (Wright), of Port Hope, Ontario. (Birth registration)

Previous military service: 48th Highlanders, Toronto, A.M.C. (Attestation papers)

Uploader's Research notes: [Gunner Army Canadian Field Artillery 8th Brigade 30th Battery ]

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2010-03-22