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Sergeant John Bernard Harris

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1891-11-16
Place of birth: Bear River Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Theodasia Harris (mother), Bear River, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): seaman
Address: Bear River, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Religion: Baptist
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Buried: Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, II. C. 13.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 222923
Highest Rank: Sergeant (85th Battalion)
Rank detail

Sergeant, 85th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: (Vimy Ridge.) (Shrapnel wounds, multiple, chest and fractured right femur) at No. 18 Casualty Clearing Station.
Commemoration location: Bear river Mount Hope cemetery family plot

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 54202
LAC ID: 442769
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B4092-S003
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Charles and Theodosia Harris, of Bear River, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia. Was a member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows and of the Order of Orangemen.

Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 85th Battalion.

Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 85th Battalion B ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-11