Sergeant John Bernard Harris
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Harris,
John Bernard
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
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CWGC ID: 54202
LAC ID:
442769
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